Christopher Lovely, Steven Adams, Robert Defoe, Charles Van Curren, and Dustin Leavitt v. Baker Hughes, Inc.; Baker…

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court reversed the superior court’s grant of summary judgment, holding that a "project owner" under the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Act must actually contract with the contractor and enjoy the beneficial use of the work, and that the corporations’ indemnity provisions do not establish project‑owner status. The case was remanded for further fact‑finding on which entities, if any, satisfy that definition.