PARRIS-EASTLAKE v. STATE, DEPT. OF LAW

No. S-9156.

26 P.3d 1099 (2001)

Jacquelyn PARRIS-EASTLAKE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 20, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale W. House, and Brad E. Ambarian, Lane, Powell, Spears, Lubersky, LLP, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Kristin S. Knudsen, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An assistant district attorney applied for workers' compensation, claiming that "[w]ork-related stress was a substantial factor in creating headaches, neck and back pain and a resulting addiction to prescription medication." The Alaska Workers' Compensation Board held that AS 23.30.235(2), which prohibits recovery for any injury proximately caused by an "employee being under the influence...

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