J. B. Warrack Company and Employers Mutual

DIMOND, Justice. OPINION The Alaska Workmen's Compensation Board awarded appellee, Clarence C. Roan, $52.65 a week as compensation for permanent total disability. The superior court affirmed the award and appellants brought In October 1961, while Roan was in the course of his employment, a jeep in which he was riding overturned. Roan sustained multiple injuries including a broken neck, ruptured urethra, ruptured biceps muscle and an injured liver and billary tract, all of which necessitated extensive surgery and medical treatment. It was determined from medical opinion that Roan's physical impairment was between 40 and 45 per cent. However, the Board held that Roan was entitled to total permanent disability compensation, instead of partial permanent disability compensation based on a 40 to 45 per cent physical impairment. The Board reached this Conclusion on the basis that Roan was totally and permanently disabled, considering not only the extent of his injuries, but also his age, his education and the fact that there was no reasonably stable labor market in Alaska for his capabilities.