DUTY FREE SHOPPERS GROUP LTD. v. STATE

No. S-2538.

777 P.2d 649 (1989)

DUTY FREE SHOPPERS GROUP LIMITED, a/k/a Duty Free Shoppers Limited, a/k/a Duty Free Shoppers, N.V., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul W. Waggoner, Law Offices of Paul Waggoner, Anchorage, for appellant.

William G. Mellow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This appeal raises the question whether an indemnity provision in a state airport concession lease requires the lessee to indemnify the state for a settlement, costs, and attorney's fees resulting from an injury sustained by an employee of the lessee. The superior court ruled that the state was entitled to indemnity as a matter of law. We affirm.

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