Opinion ID: 1387072
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: ARCO Raised the Issue of Western's Independent Negligence.

Text: The superior court alternatively held that even if Western had proved that ARCO's beads were defective, summary judgment in favor of Western was still inappropriate since ARCO ha[d] sufficiently raised the issue of Western['s] ... [independent] negligence. It is well established that negligence is a complete bar to indemnification. Koehring, 763 P.2d at 503-04; see also Ross Labs., 725 P.2d at 1081. Pursuant to Alaska Rule of Civil Procedure 8(c), ARCO affirmatively pled the issue of Western's negligence and presented evidence in support of its defense. [10] As the superior court correctly concluded, ARCO has produced evidence of negligence sufficient to overcome Western['s] ... motion. At trial, ARCO bears the burden of proving Western's negligence. [11]