Fireman's Fund American Insurance Companies v. Gomes

*1014OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RA-BINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ. BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

The bizarre murder of Raymond J. Gomes gives rise to this appeal concerning the statutory presumption of compensability contained in the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Act. Gomes’ employer, Beef & Bourbon, and its insurance carrier, Fireman’s Fund American Insurance Companies (hereinafter collectively referred to as “the employer”), seek reversal of the superior court’s affirmance of the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board’s finding of compensability.1 The employer contends there was…