Johnson v. Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc.

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

Does the immunity from actions at common law or by statute granted to an employer under A.R.S. Sec. 23-906 of our Workmen’s Compensation Act apply to a wrongful death action based on the death of an Indian which occurred on the Navajo reservation while the Indian was employed by a private contractor engaged in mining uranium? We find that it does and affirm.

Appellant filed a five-count action against appellee Kerr-McGee. All counts were based upon the death of appellant’s husband from lung cancer which he allegedly acquired while working for appellee in its mining…