Gilmore v. Alaska Workers' Compensation Board
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
As originally presented by the parties, this case called upon us to construe the 1988 amendment to AS 23.30.220(a). This statute prescribes the wage base on which an injured worker’s disability benefits are calculated. In the course of considering each party’s contentions on this issue, we became aware of potential constitutional problems with the wage base calculation scheme found in AS 23.30.220(a). Specifically, we recognized that the formula contained in section 220(a) would result in substantially different compensation rates for workers who appeared to be in…
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