State v. Morris

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

On March 28, 1967, ironworker Steven G. Weber was operating a jack from a small scaffold without guardrails, suspended below the Tanana Bridge project about 40 feet above the Tanana River. His employer, Manson-Osberg Company, was constructing the bridge as contractor for the State of Alaska, and negligently failed to provide safety nets, tie lines or other safety equipment. Weber’s makeshift, nonlock-ing jack handle extension suddenly came loose, pitching Weber over the edge of the scaffold to his death below. Manson-Os-berg has paid workmen’s compensation benefits for…