Grainger v. Alaska Workers' Compensation Board

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in the superior court affirming a decision by the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board. The Board denied Paul Grainger disability benefits for a heart condition he developed while working for the City of Ketchikan as a powerhouse operator. We are reviewing the case for the second time. See Grainger v. Ketchikan, 751 P.2d 1355 (Alaska 1988) (Grainger I). Like the superior court, our task is to determine whether the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board is contrary to law or unsupported by substantial evidence. Wilson v. Erickson, 477…