Smith v. CSK Auto, Inc.

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An employee who injured his back at work signed a partial compromise and release (C & R) of his workers' compensation claim, waiving reemployment benefits and permanent total disability benefits in exchange for $10,000. The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board approved the partial C & R. About two years later, the employee petitioned to vacate the partial C & R on a number of grounds. The Board and the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission rejected his arguments. Because we determine that the Board failed to follow its own regulations when it…