RYF v. HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY


459 P.2d 991 (1969)

In the matter of Compensation of John RYF, Claimant. John Ryf, Respondent, v. HOFFMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY and Argonaut Insurance Company, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided October 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryll E. Klein, Portland, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were McMenamin, Blyth, Jones & Joseph, Portland.

John J. Haugh, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Pozzi, Wilson & Atchison, Portland.


O'CONNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal by an employer and a private insurer from a judgment of the circuit court of Multnomah County in a workmen's compensation proceeding.

The claimant, John Ryf, while employed by defendant Hoffman Construction Company, fell on his back from a height of approximately twenty feet causing a compression fracture of a vertebra and out of which a kyphotic relationship (curvature) developed.

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