Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Company

OPINION ON REHEARING

CONNOR, Justice.

In this opinion on rehearing we must decide the scope of recovery permitted the employee of an independent contractor under common law tort , principles. The question before us stems from an appeal from *159a jury verdict in favor of Atlantic Rich-field Co. (ARCO) in a wrongful death action brought by the widow of a carpenter, Moses Sloan, killed in a construction accident on the North Slope. In Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Co., 541 P.2d 717 (Alaska 1975), we reversed and remanded the case for retrial on a single issue: whether ARCO had retained possession of…