Legal Opinion
Childs v. Kalgin Island Lodge
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 4, 1989No. S-3012PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COMPTON, Justice.
The issue in this appeal is whether the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) applied the correct legal test in deciding that Donald Childs was not an employee of Kalgin Island Lodge (Lodge) after he performed various work-related tasks for the Lodge. Childs claims that he was injured in an auto accident while employed by the Lodge. He filed a claim under the Alaska’s Workers’ Compensation Act (Act), but was denied coverage by the Board. It concluded that Childs had no contract of hire with the Lodge because the formal hiring process was not complete, and no…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- County of Los Angeles v. Workers' Compensation Appeals BoardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
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