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SCHNABEL LUMBER CO., INC., v. STATE

No. S-2052.

761 P.2d 718 (1988)

SCHNABEL LUMBER COMPANY, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied November 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Lessmeier, Sheldon E. Winters, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Juneau, for appellant/cross-appellee.

William G. Mellow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., for appellee/cross-appellant.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In 1981, Schnabel Lumber Company (Schnabel) entered into a contract with the state of Alaska to log state-owned land near Haines. Schnabel subcontracted logging operations to Northern Timber Company (Northern). On October 17, 1981, a bridge on the Kelsall Road (a logging road) collapsed under the weight of a CAT 235 logloader. The driver, Bill Higdon, a Northern employee, was killed in the fall; the CAT was damaged.

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