State of Alaska, Workers' Compensation Benefits Guaranty Fund v. Virgil A. Adams, Michael A. Heath D/B/A O&M…

Summary

The court affirmed the Appeals Commission’s decision that Adams’s intoxication did not proximately cause his work-related injuries. The Fund bore the burden of proving both intoxication and proximate causation, and substantial evidence supported the Board’s finding that the ladder fell because loose cribbing gave way, regardless of Adams’s condition. The court also held that the Board’s findings concerning impairment were adequate because its causation findings made more detailed impairment findings unnecessary.