State, Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Division of Workers' Compensation, Second Injury Fund v. Tongass Business Center

OPINION

CARPENETI, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An employer petitioned the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board for reimbursement from the Second Injury Fund for payments it made to a disabled worker; the Fund opposed the petition. After a hearing, the Board granted the petition. The Fund asked the Board to reconsider its decision in December 2009. The hearing officer told the parties that he would inform them in writing by the end of January about what action the Board was taking on the reconsideration request. Instead, in April 2010 the hearing officer sent a prehearing conference summary…