Employers Liability Assurance Corp. v. Dull

OPINION

Before NESBETT, C. J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ. DIMOND, Justice.

The superior court affirmed an order of the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board which awarded appellee, Ruth Ann Dull, compensation because of the accidental death of her husband, Donald Dull. On this appeal the principal question presented is whether Dull’s death arose out of and in the course of his employment with the appellant, City of Juneau. 1

Dull was employed by the City of Juneau as a police inspector. While on duty on October 18, 1964, he engaged in the practice of “quick draw” with a fellow police officer,…