Ryan Nelson, Appellant v. Municipality of Anchorage and Western Power and Equipment, Inc., Appellees

Summary

The court held that the Municipality of Anchorage qualifies as a project owner under the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act and is therefore protected by the Act's exclusive-remedy provision. It further held that Nelson's employer's controversion of benefits did not establish that he lacked a workers' compensation remedy, making his statutory and constitutional challenges unripe. The court affirmed the project-owner ruling and remanded for further proceedings.