SURRATT v. GUNDERSON BROS. ENGINEERING CORP.


485 P.2d 410 (1971)

In the matter of the Compensation of Kenneth SURRATT, Claimant. Kenneth Surratt, Petitioner, v. GUNDERSON BROS. ENGINEERING CORP., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided May 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kennedy, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ryan & Kennedy, Portland.

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Robert E. Joseph, Jr., and Mautz, Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey & Williamson, Portland.

Before O'CONNELL, C.J., and McALLISTER, DENECKE, HOLMAN, HOWELL and BRYSON, JJ.


HOLMAN, Justice.

Claimant injured his back while working for defendant, a direct responsibility employer under the Workmen's Compensation Act. As a result of the injury, claimant subsequently had some of the vertebrae in his lower back fused. The operation was only partially successful, leaving him with a pseudarthrosis, a false joint produced by an imperfect fusion of the vertebrae. The dispute involves the amount of his disability.

Claimant originally was...

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