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ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE CO. v. SHOOK

No. S-8015.

978 P.2d 86 (1999)

ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY, an Alaska corporation, Petitioner, v. Thomas SHOOK, and all other similarly situated employees, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

April 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Flynn, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, and Mark H. Epstein, Munger, Tolles & Olson, Los Angeles, California, for Petitioner.

Walter H. Garretson, Walter H. Garretson, P.C., Anchorage, and Stephen L. Nourse and C. Scott Penner, Carney Badley Smith & Spellman, Seattle, Washington, for Respondents.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, COMPTON, EASTAUGH, FABE, and BRYNER, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Under Alaska law, an employee may not privately settle a wage and hour claim for a sum less than the damages required by the Alaska Wage and Hour Act (AWHA). In exchange for a large employment severance payment, Thomas Shook released his former employer, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, "from any and all claims ... arising from his employment or as a result of this separation of employment...

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