Chugach Elec. Ass'n v. Alaska Indus. Board

FOLTA, District Judge.

The question presented by this controversy is whether, after making an award for permanent total disability for the loss of an arm and a leg, the Industrial Board is precluded at a later date from allowing benefits for temporary disability because of the failure of an additional injury, concurrently sustained, to heal.

On July 21, 1950, the employee received an electrical shock and was severely burned. On October 28, 1950, the left arm, right leg, and four toes of the left foot were amputated. On November 12, 1952, the Board, by one member, awarded him the maximum of…