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CROXTON v. CROWLEY MARITIME CORP.

No. S-2123.

758 P.2d 97 (1988)

Loren W. CROXTON, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruth E. Croxton, deceased, Appellant, v. CROWLEY MARITIME CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Rhodes, Hartig, Rhodes, Norman, Mahoney & Edwards, Anchorage, for appellant.

David T. Hunter, Lane, Powell & Barker, Anchorage, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

In 1981, Ruth Croxton was killed in an airplane crash while co-piloting a plane as an employee of Puget Sound Tug and Barge Co. ("PST & B"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crowley Maritime Corp. She left no dependents.

Since Croxton died without any dependents, her estate was entitled to no workers' compensation death benefits under Alaska's Workers' Compensation Act except funeral expenses. AS 23.30.215. However, her employer...

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