John Absher v. State Alaska

In the proceedings before the Alaska Workmens Compensation Board the evidence showed that appellant, as a result of a compensable industrial accident, suffered a disability of his back of 15 or 16 percent. The board decided that this presented a 20 percent loss of earning capacity for appellant. He was awarded a lump sum of $3,400 for his permanent partial disability. This amount was arrived at by multiplying the 20 percent loss of earning capacity by $17,000, which is the maximum total amount payable in cases resulting permanent partial disability.