Legal Opinion
Unisea, Inc. v. De Lopez
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 2019No. Supreme Court S-16851/S-16861PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINFREE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The primary issue in this workers' compensation appeal is the answer to this question: When must an employer pay compensation related to permanent partial impairment ratings if doctors in different medical specialities provide different dates of medical stability and separate impairment ratings for injuries to different body systems arising out of one work-related accident?
An employer asked medical specialists to evaluate a worker with injuries to different body systems arising out of one work-related accident. The doctors gave two separate opinions, almost a…
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