Arnesen v. Anchorage Refuse, Inc.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Jim Amesen challenges decisions of the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board holding that he was ineligible for reemployment benefits because he was trained as and acted as a real estate sales agent within the ten years preceding his injury; that his reason able wage earning capacity was $33,000; and that he was ineligible to claim two children as dependents in the calculation of his spendable weekly wage at the time of his injury.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Arnesen worked for Anchorage Refuse as a heavy equipment mechanic from 1984 until 1993. He injured his…