Veco Alaska, Inc. v. State, Department of Labor, Division of Workers' Compensation, Second Injury Fund

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Cornelius "Buck" Huizenga worked at VECO for approximately eleven years in a number of positions. Before beginning his VECO employment, he sustained a back injury while working for another employer. He reinjured his back at his VECO job while moving some timbers. He then had three surgeries and ultimately was confined to a wheelchair. VECO paid his workers' compensation benefits and petitioned the Second Injury Fund for partial reimbursement. The Fund denied both that Huizenga had a qualifying preexisting condition and that VECO had established by a…