RUSCH v. SE. ALASKA REG'L HEALTH CONSORTIUM

Supreme Court No. S-18038.

517 P.3d 1157 (2022)

Sandra J. RUSCH and Brenda Dockter, Appellants, v. SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM and Alaska National Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 30, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Graham , Sitka, and J. John Franich , Franich Law Office, LLC, Fairbanks, for Appellants.

Michael A. Budzinski , Meshke Paddock & Budzinski, Anchorage, for Appellees.

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


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Does the Alaska Workers' Compensation Act authorize the Alaska Workers' Compensation Appeals Commission to award enhanced attorney's fees to successful claimants for their attorneys' work in a Commission appeal? The Commission decided the Act did not. Before the Commission was created...

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