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COOK v. ALASKA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD

No. 1168.

476 P.2d 29 (1970)

Ruth J. COOK, Widow of James Cook, Deceased, Appellant, v. ALASKA WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD, Carroll Creek Logging Co., and Fireman's Fund Insurance Co., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 23, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Gregg, of Gregg, Kohls & Schulz, Juneau, for appellant.

F.M. Doogan, of Faulkner, Banfield, Boochever & Doogan, Juneau, for appellees.

Before BONEY, C.J., DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, and CONNOR, JJ. and FITZGERALD, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is an action seeking reversal of a decision of the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board which denied death benefits to the widow of James Cook. The Superior Court affirmed the decision of the board.

Cook, a laborer, truck driver and logger, sustained back injuries while attempting to lift a heavy boulder off a California roadway in 1959. Effects of this back injury were still...

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