Legal Opinion
Burke v. Raven Electric, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 2018No. 7241 S-16137PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOWERS, Chief Justice.
*1199 I. INTRODUCTION
After an apprentice electrician was killed on the job, her mother sought workers' compensation death benefits or other damages related to her daughter's death. Acting on the advice of attorneys but representing herself, she brought a claim before the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board. She argued in part that the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act was unconstitutional because it inadequately compensated for her daughter's life, particularly given the circumstances of her daughter's death, and because it failed to consider her future dependency on her…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Arctic Structures, Inc. v. WedmoreAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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