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"A former prison guard at the Anchorage Jail who was threatened by a convicted murderer intoxicated on hair spray and armed with a sharpened pencil deserves workers' compensation for mental injury, the Alaska Supreme Court has ruled. Carl Kelly, 60, suffered psychological health problems, maybe even post-traumatic stress disorder, from the 1994 confrontation, the court said. The decision makes it clear that in mental health workers' compensation cases, it is not the event itself that matters and whether what happened is considered part of the job, but how the event is perceived by the individual. "It's very significant," said longtime claimants attorney Chancy Croft, who was not involved in the case. "It makes it clear that the effect on the individual is important.""