STATE v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO.

No. S-986.

723 P.2d 76 (1986)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Mellow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Randall J. Weddle, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan & Holmes, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal raises the question whether a Dalton Highway permittee must indemnify the state for its costs and attorney's fees incurred in the successful defense of a negligence claim. The superior court ruled that the state is not entitled to indemnification. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Cleofe Freeman, an Alyeska Pipeline...

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