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HARRIS v. MILLENNIUM HOTEL

No. S-15230.

330 P.3d 330 (2014)

Deborah HARRIS, Appellant, v. MILLENNIUM HOTEL and New Hampshire Insurance Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Croft , The Croft Law Office, Anchorage, and Peter Renn , Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California, for Appellant.

Donald C. Thomas and Kendra E. Bowman , Delaney Wiles, Inc., Anchorage, for Appellees.

Sonja Redmond , Law Office of Sonja Redmond, Soldotna, and Kellie M. Fiedorek , Alliance Defending Freedom, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae Alaska Family Action.

Before: FABE, Chief Justice, WINFREE, STOWERS, MAASSEN, and BOLGER, Justices.

OPINION

BOLGER, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board denied a death benefit claim filed by the decedent's same-sex partner because the death benefit statute grants benefits only to a worker's "widow or widower" as defined by statute. The Board construed these terms by applying the Marriage Amendment to the Alaska Constitution, which defines marriage as "only between one man and one woman," thus excluding a decedent...

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