Legal Opinion
Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Company
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 15, 1975No. 2047PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ. CONNOR, Justice.
This is an appeal from a judgment based on a jury verdict in favor of appellee Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) in a wrongful death action brought by the widow of a carpenter killed in a construction accident on the North Slope.
The deceased, Moses Sloan, was killed August 5, 1969, while working on the construction of the ARCO base camp at Prud-hoe Bay, Alaska. Mr. Sloan was employed by Ramstad Construction Co., which had been hired by ARCO to build foundations for most, if not all, of the buildings in the camp.…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Ferrell v. BaxterAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Johnson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
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