Wagner v. Stuckagain Heights

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal from a decision of the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board (the Board) requires us to decide whether the workers’ compensation law that was in effect until 1988 permits an employee to recover simultaneously for permanent partial and total disability. We hold that it does not and affirm the superior court’s decision on this issue.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Maxine Wagner was involved in an auto accident on July 11, 1985, while performing an errand for her employer, Stuckagain Heights. She injured her back, neck, right arm, right leg, and hearing. In…