City of Seward v. Wisdom

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Alva Wisdom lost his life when a seismic wave resulting from the earthquake of March 27, 1964, engulfed portions of Seward, Alaska. This appeal raises the question of whether, at the time of his death, Alva Wisdom was an employee of the City of Seward. On the record presented to this court, we are constrained to hold that Alva Wisdom was not an employee of the City of Seward at the time of his tragic death. We have therefore concluded that Alva Wisdom’s widow (appellee Mabel L. Wisdom) is not entitled to receive any death benefits under the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation…