Groom v. State, Department of Transportation

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1999 the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board concluded that Scott Groom had injured himself in a slip-and-fall incident at work. In 2003 the board reversed course and determined that Groom had not been involved in a slip-and-fall incident. After finding that Groom's work duties required neither heavy lifting nor episodes of prolonged standing and that Groom had not been required to engage in heavy or extended snow shoveling, the board denied Groom's claims for various disability and impairment benefits. We reverse the board's 2008 reso-Tution of…