Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. DeShong

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A worker filed a claim for worker's compensation after injuring her elbow while working for her employer. Therapy did little to alleviate her condition, yet she did not undergo surgery until two years later after changing doctors. Before undergoing that surgery, the worker was laid off by the employer. She applied for total temporary disability benefits from the time of her lay-off to the date of her ultimately successful surgery. She overeame a presumption of medical stability and was awarded benefits even though she received unemployment benefits for…