Continental Insurance Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

528 P.2d 430 (1974)

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO., Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO., Appellee.

No. 2052.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 29, 1974.

Kenneth P. Jacobus, Anchorage, for appellant.

Clyde C. Houston, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR and BOOCHEVER, JJ.

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

The ill-fated attempt of Northern Corporation to haul rock across frozen Cooper Lake at the behest of Chugach Electric Association[1] gives rise to this litigation. This is a contest between Northern's insurer and that of the trucking subcontractor who actually hauled the rock to…