DILLINGHAM v. CH2M HILL NORTHWEST

No. S-5230.

873 P.2d 1271 (1994)

CITY OF DILLINGHAM, an Alaska Municipal Corporation, Petitioner, v. CH2M HILL NORTHWEST, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 6, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Carter Boyd and Jeffrey S. Moeller, Hicks, Boyd, Chandler & Falconer, Anchorage, for petitioner.

D.K. "Kirby" Wright and William L. Hintze, Hintze, Herrig & Wright, Seattle, WA, for respondent.

Bruce E. Davison, Davison & Davison, Anchorage, and Jan T. Chilton and Michael B. Murphy, Severson & Werson, San Francisco, CA, for amici curiae American Consulting Engineers Council, ASFE: The Ass'n of Engineering Firms Practicing in the Geosciences, CA Geotechnical Engineers Ass'n, Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, and Nat. Soc. of Professional Engineers. Michael C. Geraghty, Staley, DeLisio, Cook & Sherry, Inc., Anchorage, and William J. Bender and Laura Kleisle, Skellenger Bender Mathias Bender & Gould, Seattle, WA, for amicus curiae The Consulting Engineers Council of Alaska.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the court on a petition for review filed by the City of Dillingham (City). At issue are the concepts of limited liability and indemnification, and the interpretation of AS 45.45.900.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

In February 1981, the City solicited proposals from engineering firms to prepare a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Facility Plan...

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