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GUNTER v. MERSEREAU

491 P.2d 1205 (1971)

In the matter of the Compensation of Clarice D. GUNTER, Claimant. Clarice D. Gunter, Appellant, v. Roland W. MERSEREAU, Guardian of the Estate of Lucille Mersereau, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, Department 1.

Decided December 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald E. Hergert, Oregon City, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Hibbard, Jacobs, Caldwell & Canning, Oregon City.

Justin N. Reinhardt, Oregon City, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LANGTRY and FORT, JJ.

This appeal raises the sole issue of whether a person employed to care for an invalid in the invalid's home comes within the exclusion from workmen's compensation coverage for "domestic servants." ORS 656.027(1). The trial court affirmed the Workmen's Compensation Board's order denying coverage.

Claimant was employed to care for a stroke victim who required round-the-clock attention. Previously, she had worked as a nurse's aide. Her duties at defendant's home during...

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