Holmberg v. State, Division of Risk Management

OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

Karen Holmberg asks us to reverse the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board (“AWCB”) decision denying her permanent total disability benefits on the ground that a later decision of the Public Employees Retirement Board (“PERB”) conclusively determined that she was not physically able to perform her duties as an employee of the State of Alaska. While we find no substantial reason to refuse to give preclu-sive effect to PERB determinations in AWCB proceedings in general, we refuse to give such effect to the PERB determination in this case for two independently sufficient…