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FOX v. ALASCOM, INC.

No. S-482.

718 P.2d 977 (1986)

Corazon FOX, Appellant, v. ALASCOM, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest N. Rehbock, Rehbock & Rehbock, Anchorage, for appellant.

Marilyn E. Bain, Vancouver, Wash., for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This case involves an employee who suffered a mental disability allegedly due to non-traumatic, gradual work-related stress. The Workers' Compensation Board held that in order to recover benefits in this situation the employee must make a preliminary showing that the on-the-job stress she experienced was greater than the stress which all employees experience. We hold that under the Workers' Compensation Act the board erred...

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