Legal Opinion
Cook v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 23, 1970No. 1168PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION CONNOR, Justice.
This is an action seeking reversal of a decision of the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board which denied death benefits to the widow of James Cook. The Superior Court affirmed the decision of the board.
Cook, a laborer, truck driver and logger, sustained back injuries while attempting to lift a heavy boulder off a California roadway in 1959. Effects of this back injury were still present at the time of his death in 1967.
On August 27, 1966, Cook was again injured. At the time of this second accident he was working for the Carroll Creek Logging Company near Ketchikan,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Matter of Carroll v. . Knickerbocker Ice Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Thornton v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation BoardAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- Morrison-Knudsen Company v. VereenAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- State Compensation Insurance Fund v. Industrial Accident CommissionCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1959
- Fischback & Moore of Alaska, Inc. v. LynnAlaska Supreme Court · 1965
8 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by26 opinions
- Tesoro Alaska Petroleum Co. v. Kenai Pipe Line Co.Alaska Supreme Court · 1987
- Kelly v. ZamarelloAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Miller v. ITT Arctic ServicesAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Earth Resources Co. of Alaska v. State, Department of RevenueAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Vetter v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation BoardAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
21 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.