Legal Opinion
Odsather v. Richardson
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 2004No. S-10956PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 to their status, and therefore reverse the summary judgment.
On January 20, 2000, Jon Odsather and David Richardson were driving trucks on the Dalton…
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