Ratliff v. Alaska Workers' Compensation Board

OPINION

RABINO WITZ, Chief Justice.

Appellant John Ratliff appeals from the superior court’s affirmance of the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board’s (the “board”) decision holding that he was entitled only to permanent partial disability benefits for a scheduled injury under AS 23.30.190(a)(2). Ratliff argues that his injury also should have been classified as a concurrent unscheduled permanent partial disability under AS 23.30.190(a)(20), or as a permanent total disability under AS 23.30.-180. Appellees Wright Schuchart Harbor/ASAG and Wausau Insurance Companies (referred to collectively as…