ODSATHER v. RICHARDSON

No. S-10956.

96 P.3d 521 (2004)

Jon K. ODSATHER, Appellant, v. David RICHARDSON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 6, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore D. Hoppner, Hoppner Law Office, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

Robert Groseclose, Mila A. Neubert, Cook Schuhmann & Groseclose, Inc., Fairbanks, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Were truck owners who leased their trucks to the same firm independent contractors or employees of the firm? If they were independent contractors then the injury claim of one of the owners against the other is not barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act. On summary judgment the superior court concluded that they were employees. We conclude that there are genuine issues of fact as...

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