HAWKINS v. GREEN ASSOCIATED

No. 2799.

559 P.2d 118 (1977)

Richard C. HAWKINS, Appellant, v. GREEN ASSOCIATED and Alaska Pacific Assurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Gil Johnson and Michael J. Schneider, of Johnson, Christenson, Shamberg & Link, Anchorage, for appellant.

Charles P. Flynn, of Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, for appellees.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ.


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

The Workmen's Compensation Board found that Richard C. Hawkins suffered a compensable temporary total disability. The question on appeal is whether that finding is supported by substantial evidence. On March 31, 1974, Hawkins fell about 12 feet from a loader while employed by Green Associated (Green). About 18 days later he underwent spinal fusion surgery.

About three years prior to his injury Hawkins had retired to his farm...

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