KIRBY v. ALASKA TREATMENT CENTER

No. S-3915.

821 P.2d 127 (1991)

Donna J. KIRBY, Appellant, v. ALASKA TREATMENT CENTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 22, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chancy Croft, Anchorage, for appellant.

Robert J. McLaughlin, Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan and Holmes, Seattle, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MOORE, Justice.

This appeal arises from the superior court's ruling affirming a decision by the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board (the Board) that Donna Kirby is ineligible for vocational rehabilitation. The Board determined that although Kirby is permanently disabled, she is not entitled to vocational rehabilitation benefits because she may resume suitable gainful employment. We affirm.

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