PHILLIPS v. MUKLUK FREIGHT LINES, INC.

No. S-726.

721 P.2d 1143 (1986)

Vernon PHILLIPS, Jack Linsemeier, Earl Beesley, Sr., James E. Smith, James L. Miller, James W. Elliott, Larry Schander, George Winter, Jr., Otto Koegele, Joseph D. Rule, Bennie M. Rule, John C. Arsenault, E.D. Green, Paul L. Koenig, Gordon M. Mahar, Jr., Jack M. Brittain, Tim Smith, Harman L. Shivers, Martin R. Jaros, Tim Burzinski, Edward T. Brown, Steven R. Dufford, Randall E. Dufford, Robert A. New, Warren Phillips, Robert Hill, Don Hill, Arthur D. Smith, James Elliott, Joe Conlon, Tony Shivers, Elias Fish, Eugene Lamb, Bryon J. King, Sidney Johnson, William P. Boek, Michael W. Boek, Appellants, v. MUKLUK FREIGHT LINES, INC., an Alaskan Corporation, and Crowley Maritime, a California corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Hayes, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Paul L. Davis, Boyko, Davis & Dennis, Anchorage, for appellants.

David H. Thorsness, Earl M. Sutherland, Hughes, Thorsness, Gantz, Powell & Brundin, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

This case arises from a dispute between several independent truck owner-operators (drivers) and Mukluk Freight Lines (Mukluk) regarding compensation owed the drivers under the terms of their lease agreements with Mukluk. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Mukluk, finding an accord and satisfaction. The drivers appeal this ruling and the trial court's denial of their motion for relief from...

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