Legal Opinion
Rydwell v. Anchorage School District
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 3, 1993No. S-5198PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
In this workers’ compensation appeal, we must decide whether AS 23.30.190(b), which requires use of the American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment for determinations of permanent partial impairment compensation, also governs determinations of permanent impairment under AS 23.30.041(f)(3), a provision making an employee with no permanent impairment ineligible for vocational rehabilitation benefits. We hold that it does.
II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In March 1990 Darlene Rydwell, a building plant operator for the…
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