Price v. UNISEA, Inc.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A worker at a fish processing plant was injured while on the job. His employer, an international organization, asserted that it did not maintain workers' compensation and that it was immune from suit, so the worker filed a negligence action in state court seeking reimbursement for medical expenses, compensation for lost wages, and attorney's fees. The superior court granted the employer's motion to dismiss on immunity grounds. Because the international organization enjoys absolute immunity from suit and it has not waived this immunity, we affirm…