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JONES v. BOWIE INDUSTRIES, INC.

Nos. S-13227, S-13247.

282 P.3d 316 (2012)

Keith JONES, Appellant, v. BOWIE INDUSTRIES, INC., Todd Christianson, Great Alaska Lawn and Landscaping, Inc., and AIG, Appellees. Bowie Industries, Inc., Cross-Appellant, v. Keith Jones, Todd Christianson, Great Alaska Lawn and Landscaping, Inc., and AIG, Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Flanigan , Walther & Flanigan, Anchorage, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Keith Jones.

John J. Tiemessen and Lisa C. Hamby , Clapp, Peterson, Van Flein, Tiemessen & Thorsness, LLC, Fairbanks, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant Bowie Industries, Inc.

Kevin T. Fitzgerald , Ingaldson, Maassen & Fitzgerald, P.C., Anchorage, for Appellee/Cross-Appellee Todd Christianson.

No appearance by Appellee/Cross-Appellee Great Alaska Lawn and Landscaping, Inc.

Notice of non-participation of Appellee/Cross-Appellee AIG filed by Robert L. Griffin , Griffin & Smith, Anchorage.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, and WINFREE, Justices.

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A worker suffered a traumatic above-the-knee amputation of his right leg in a work-related accident in 2003. The accident happened when he used his foot to push a bale of mulch that he was feeding into a machine; his leg was caught in the machine and amputated. He received workers' compensation benefits for the injury and later sued the manufacturer and the owner of the machine under various...

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