BLACK v. UNIVERSAL SERV., INC.

No. 4786.

627 P.2d 1073 (1981)

Diane C. BLACK, Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL SERVICES, INC., and Alaska Pacific Assurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Fleeks and Frederic E. Brown, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Michael C. Geraghty, Merdes, Schaible, Staley & DeLisio, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This is a workers' compensation case. The claimant, Diane Black, was denied continuing compensation by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board ("Board").1 That denial was affirmed by the superior court. We reverse.

On February 14, 1976, Black, while employed by Universal Services as a bullcook on the Alaska pipeline suffered a back injury while trying to move a heavy bed. She was flown...

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