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URIS v. STATE COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT

247 Or. 420 (1967)

427 P.2d 753

430 P.2d 861

URIS, Appellant, v. STATE COMPENSATION DEPARTMENT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed and remanded with directions May 17, 1967.

Motion for allowance of attorney's fee denied August 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nick Chaivoe, Portland, argued the cause for appellant. On the briefs were Peterson, Chaivoe & Londer and Sanford Kowitt.

Harold W. Adams, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, and Wallace Carpenter, Assistant Attorney General and Chief Counsel for the State Compensation Department.

Before PERRY, Chief Justice, and SLOAN, GOODWIN, LUSK and FORT, Justices.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

LUSK, J.

This is an action under the former Workmen's Compensation Law. After the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff the court entered judgment n.o.v. for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

The sole question is whether there was sufficient evidence of causal relation between the occurrence testified to by the plaintiff and his injury to carry the case to the jury.

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