Absher v. State, Department of Highways

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

At issue in this workmen’s compensation appeal is the method by which a lump sum award should be computed for an unscheduled permanent partial disability.

In the proceedings before the Alaska Workmen’s Compensation Board the evidence showed that appellant, as a result of a compensable industrial accident, suffered a disability of his back of 15 or 16 percent. The board decided that this represented a 20 percent loss of earning capacity for appellant. He was awarded a lump sum of $3,400 for his permanent partial disability. This amount was arrived at by multiplying the 20…