WARD v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND


505 P.2d 355 (1973)

In the matter of the Beneficiaries of Cloyd A. WARD, Deceased. Algeroba E. Ward and Kathy Ward, Appellants, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Morris, Eugene, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Bailey, Hoffman, Morris & Van Rysselberghe, Eugene.

Al J. Laue, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen., and John W. Osburn, Sol. Gen., Salem.

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


FOLEY, Judge.

This is a workmen's compensation case. The decedent workman died of a blood infection (septicemia) on May 30, 1970, four months after laminectomy surgery arising out of a compensable back injury of January 9, 1970. The beneficiaries, including the widow, are the claimants. After hearing, the hearing officer, and thereafter the Workmen's Compensation Board and the circuit court, rejected the claim holding that there was no showing that deceased died as...

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