Supreme Court Rejects Worker 3rd Effort to Have Settlement Set-Aside

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to set aside the settlement he accepted for his work-related injuries since he failed to avail himself of prior opportunities to present his challenges to the settlement in the long-running litigation over his accident. Case: Rosales v. Icicle Seafoods Inc., No. 1787, 09/02/2020, unpublished. Facts and procedural history: Hugo Rosales worked for Icicle Seafoods Inc. on a fish-processing boat stationed in Alaska. In May 2007, he was knocked unconscious by a 54-pound tray of frozen fish that fell on his head. After the acciden...