Tobar v. Remington Holdings LP

MAASSEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

A hotel housekeeper injured her back while lifting a pile of linens. Her employer controverted benefits based on an examining doctor's opinion that she was medically stable and that the job injury was no longer the substantial cause of any disability or need for *749medical treatment. After a hearing, the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board decided that the woman was medically stable as of the date of the doctor's opinion and therefore not entitled to further disability payments or to benefits for permanent partial impairment. The Board also denied further medical…