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ALASKA PULP v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INT.

No. S-3007.

791 P.2d 1008 (1990)

ALASKA PULP CORPORATION, Appellant, v. UNITED PAPERWORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION; United Paperworkers International Union, Silver Bay Local 962; Leo Gernandt; and Alaska Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 11, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.G. Batchelor, Batchelor, Murphy & Brinkman, Juneau, for appellant.

Bradley D. Owens, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, for appellees.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

Leo Gernandt suffered a heart attack while participating in a labor union demonstration. In this workers' compensation appeal, the question is whether he was acting as an employee of the union at the time.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Mr. Gernandt was employed by Alaska Pulp Corporation (APC) in 1967. His work involved operating machinery at APC's pulp mill in Sitka. In 1984, he sustained a back...

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