BROWN v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND

WCB No. 77-5958; CA 14853.

602 P.2d 1151 (1979)

43 Or.App. 447

In the matter of the Compensation of the Beneficiaries of John I. BROWN, Deceased, Claimant, Petitioners, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund and Flightcraft, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Marvin, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Schouboe, Marvin & Furniss, P.C., Portland.

Darrell E. Bewley, Salem, argued the cause for respondent State Acc. Ins. Fund; Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent Flightcraft, Inc. With them on the brief were James D. Huegli and Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland.

Before TANZER, P.J., and THORNTON and CAMPBELL, JJ.


CAMPBELL, Judge.

In this workers' compensation proceeding, claimant, the widow of John I. Brown (Brown), appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) affirming the referee's order denying compensation on the basis that Brown's death did not arise "out of and in the course of [his] employment," ORS 656.005(8)(a). We affirm.

Brown died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, the circumstances of which are explained more fully below. Brown...

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