Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. H.C. Price Co.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This appeal concerns a claim for indemnification brought by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company against one of its execution contractors. Alyeska claims that it is entitled to be indemnified for $1 million it paid in retrospective premiums to its insurance carrier towards a $3 million settlement of a personal injury claim brought by an employee of the contractor. The superior court granted summary judgment for the contractor. We reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Alyeska Pipeline Service Company (Alyeska) is the consortium of companies which built the Trans…