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Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instruction 23.04
Employer Liability – Independent Contractor – General Rule
A [person] [company] that hires an independent contractor to perform [work] [a task] is not legally responsible for harm that is caused by the independent contractor’s negligence.
History
Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions 23.04, dated 2015. Prepared by the Alaska Civil Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
a7256d7a3b8435b83218fc9ce1c49adf75b0978bff680ef7c8387807a29b9b35
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