BOLIEU v. OUR LADY OF COMPASSION CARE

No. S-8528.

983 P.2d 1270 (1999)

Gwen BOLIEU and Bodhmati Oliver, Appellants, v. OUR LADY OF COMPASSION CARE CENTER, Aetna Casualty and Surety Co., and the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Coe, Anchorage, for Appellants.

Allan E. Tesche, Russell, Tesche, Wagg, Cooper & Gabbert, Anchorage, for Appellees Our Lady of Compassion Care Center and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company.

Before: MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Gwen Bolieu and Bodhmati Oliver appeal the Alaska Workers' Compensation Board's denial of benefits for treatment of rashes that they allegedly contracted while working at Our Lady of Compassion Care Center. The employees argue that the Board improperly limited its inquiry to whether they contracted staph A infections. Because we agree that the Board's inquiry was too narrow, we vacate the Board...

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