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BURKE v. CRITERION GENERAL, INC.

Supreme Court No. S-17766.

499 P.3d 319 (2021)

Marianne E. BURKE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Abigail Caudle, Appellant, v. CRITERION GENERAL, INC.; Alaska USA Federal Credit Union; and State of Alaska, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied December 20, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marianne E. Burke, pro se, Wasilla, Appellant.

John B. Thorsness , Clapp, Peterson, Tiemessen, Thorsness LLC, Anchorage, for Appellee Criterion General, Inc.

Jahna M. Lindemuth and Samuel G. Gottstein , Holmes Weddle & Barcott, PC, Anchorage, for Appellee Alaska USA Federal Credit Union.

Laura Wolff , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Clyde "Ed" Sniffen, Jr. , Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, and Carney, Justices, and Eastaugh, Senior Justice. [Borghesan, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

An apprentice electrician, who was unmarried and had no dependents, was working for a construction project subcontractor when she died in an accident. Her direct employer paid funeral benefits required by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act; no other benefits were required under the...

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