VAIL v. COFFMAN ENGINEERS, INC.

No. S-2861.

778 P.2d 211 (1989)

James P. VAIL, Petitioner, v. COFFMAN ENGINEERS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 4, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Hahn V, Bledsoe & Knutson, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Dan E. Dennis, Dennis & Moss, Anchorage, for respondent.

Jan Hart DeYoung, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for amicus curiae State of Alaska, Dept. of Labor.

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


OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal addresses the extent of an employer's obligation to provide a former employee return transportation pursuant to AS 23.10.380(a). The superior court ruled that the employer's statutory duty was limited to return of the employee to the place of recruitment. We affirm.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1982, Coffman Engineers, Inc. (Coffman), hired James Vail...

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