Stafford v. Westchester Fire Insurance Co. of New York, Inc.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal raises questions of whether an injured employee must reimburse his employer’s workmen’s compensation carrier for all benefits received upon obtaining a settlement from a third-party tort-feasor, and whether, under the exclusive remedy provisions of Alaska’s Workmen’s Compensation Act, an employee is barred from suing his employer’s compensation carrier for intentional torts.

On May 2, 1970, Stafford sustained serious injuries while attempting to shut off a shredder, which had been manufactured and distributed by W. W. Grinder Corporation and Alaska…