Warnke-Green v. Pro-West Contractors, LLC

MAASSEN, Justice.

*285I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board denied a worker's request that his employer pay for a van modified to accommodate his work-related disability. On appeal, the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission decided that a modifiable van was a compensable medical benefit. The worker moved for attorney's fees. The Commission reduced the attorney's hourly rate, deducted a few time entries, and awarded him less than half of what was requested. The worker asked the Commission to reconsider its award, but it declined to do so because of its view that the Alaska…