Dwight v. Humana Hospital Alaska

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case involves the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board’s determination that an injured employee (1) was not entitled to disability benefits because she had not proved by a preponderance of the evidence that her injury was compensable, and (2) had waived her right to a second independent medical evaluation under AS 23.30.095(k). The superior court affirmed the Board’s decision, and the employee appeals. We affirm the superi- or court’s decision that the employer effectively rebutted the presumption of compensa-bility. We reverse and remand the 'superior court’s…