Williams v. Safeway Stores

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

Once again we are called upon to seek the meaning of the provisions of the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Act which establish a time-bar to the claims of injured laborers against employers and their insurers. 1 The parties here seek to wage semantic war over the single phrase in AS 23.30.130(a) 2 which provides that the one-year limitation upon reopening of cases before the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board commences upon the “last payment of compensation”. We find dis-positive a second issue, whether the board reserved jurisdiction over the permanent disability…