Alaska Industrial Board v. Chugach Electric Ass'n

I dissent from the majority opinion’s harsh and unjust conclusion resulting from its failure to apply to the relationship between the statutory provisions for total permanent and total temporary disability, the same liberal rule of interpretation of the Supreme Court and this court,1 that the maj ority opinion does in considering the statute’s time limitations.

It is obvious and admitted by the majority opinion that an employee’s loss of two limbs, here a hand and a foot, does not create his total disability to work. There are many employments for a person with one good hand who can walk with…