MURPHY v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH

Supreme Court Nos. S-17530 7555.

494 P.3d 556 (2021)

Shawn MURPHY, Appellant, v. FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew D. Wilson , Rehbock & Wilson, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Zane D. Wilson , CSG, Inc., Fairbanks, and Wendy Dau , Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fairbanks, for Appellee.

Before: Bolger, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Carney, and Borghesan, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

The Alaska Workers' Compensation Act has long applied a two-year limitations period to claims for "compensation for disability."1 In 1988 the legislature reconfigured one type of compensation — for permanent partial disability — as compensation...

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