15 May 2006
RYAN V ACCIDENT COMPENSATION CORPORATION HC AK CIV 2005-404-5967
- Citation
- openlaw-5c787932_721c_4670_8fdf_6f97fb46c595.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court held that eligibility under s100(1)(a) and cl 32(1) requires the claimant to be actually engaged in employment for pecuniary gain at the time of the personal injury; a person on unpaid leave is not an 'earner' immediately before incapacity under the Act, and a mere subsisting employment contract or future entitlement to return does not suffice to establish earner status.