Legal Opinion
Justice v. RMH Aero Logging, Inc.
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 15, 2002No. S-9513, S-9544PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EASTAUGH, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Did the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board erroncously adjust an injured employee's compensation rate by departing from the statutory formula for determining gross weekly earnings set out in former AS 23.30.220(a)(1)? Because we conclude that our holding in Gilmore v. Alaska Workers' Comp. Bd. 1 applies with limited retroactivity to the employee's claim for a compensation rate adjustment, and because substantial evidence supports the finding that the employee's past employment history is not an accurate predictor of his future wage losses resulting from…
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