Alaska Injuries

An older crash victim in Anchorage is dealing with SI joint pain, Medicare repayment claims, and fear that filing will expose immigration status.

A broken pelvis claim after a Kodiak street crossing crash does not have to sit frozen while the DUI case crawls, and an insurer going silent creates problems for them too.

A Wasilla delivery driver buried in an unshored trench may still have a real claim even if the worst damage is PTSD and the employer is suddenly pretending he wasn't working.

A work-related crash in Palmer can turn into a three-way mess: workers' comp, a third-party vehicle claim, and a hospital lien trying to swallow the money.

A broke college student in Wasilla is being pushed to settle a serious knee claim while the insurer waves around old social media photos and the real treatment is still out in Anchorage.

An undocumented worker in Kodiak wants to know whether a workers' comp claim after a medication-related hospitalization can expose immigration status when the employer is pushing hard to keep it off the books.

A Fairbanks carpenter gets hit by a commercial truck, fractures his lower back, files a claim, then gets canned fast and told it has nothing to do with the injury.

Falling through an uncovered roof opening in Anchorage can turn into a blame war between your employer, the property owner, and contractors, but Alaska does not automatically wipe out your claim just because you may share some fault.

A Palmer attorney got hurt on a roof job in another state and needs to know which workers' comp system controls, whether a lawsuit is separate, and what happens if the firm starts playing games.

In Alaska, a wrongful death case is filed through the personal representative, but that does not mean the insurer gets to treat the loss like it belongs only to the estate and ignore the spouse, kids, funeral costs, and any survival claim.

What the 30-day notice rule actually means in Alaska workers' comp, and what usually blows up a claim after a job injury.

When an Alaska hospital worker gets hurt moving a patient, the fight often turns into who controls treatment, whether a company-picked exam can cut off care, and what to do when symptoms keep getting worse after the first visit.