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· 2/25/1966

Thornton v. Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board

Citations

  • 411 P.2d 209
  • 1966 Alas. LEXIS 171

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • presuming that an employee's heart attack suffered after climbing a tower in the course of employment was work-related rather than causally independent, of the employment
  • presuming that an employee's heart attack suffered after climbing a tower in the course of employment was work-related rather than causally independent of the employment
  • applying presumption to question of whether work contributed to employee’s heart attack
  • presumption applicable to question whether employee’s heart attack was caused by a work related event

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Judges: Nesbett, Dimond, Rabinowitz

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