Adamson v. University of Alaska

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Adamson, a workers’ compensation claimant, appeals a denial of various benefits by the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board (“Board”), as affirmed by the superi- or court.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On August 17, 1984, Connie Adamson, a thirty-three year old library clerk at the University of Alaska, was poked in the ribs from behind by a co-employee and fell down three steps, severely twisting her left ankle. She filed a workers’ compensation claim on August 29, 1984, which the University did not controvert.

Adamson’s condition has been diagnosed as sympathetic…