Benner v. Wichman

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that jury may apportion fault to third party defendants
• applying the relative nature of the work test to determine whether parties were co-employees for purpose of determining whether workers’ compensation was the exclusive remedy
• stating “[wjhen-ever possible, we construe each part or section of a statute with every other part or section, to produce a harmonious whole”
• applying the relative nature of the work test to determine whether a sub-subcontractor was an employee of subcontractor
• “In the absence of contribution, we hold that equitable apportionment is available as a means of bringing other tortfeasors into the action.”
• “Alaska has adopted the ‘relative nature of the work’ test for determining when a person is another’s employee.” (citing Searfus v. N. Gas Co., 472 P.2d 966, 969 (Alaska 1970); 8 AAC 45.890 (1991))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).