COLEMAN v. SILVER SPUR MOTEL


564 P.2d 742 (1977)

29 Or.App. 565

In the matter of the Compensation of Fred P. COLEMAN, Claimant, Appellant, v. SILVER SPUR MOTEL and Unigard Insurance Group, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry G. Spencer, Salem, filed the brief for appellant.

William M. Holmes, Gray, Fancher, Holmes & Hurley, Bend, filed the brief for respondent Silver Spur Motel.

No appearance for respondent Unigard Insurance Group.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and RICHARDSON and JOHNSON, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

The sole issue in this worker's compensation case is whether claimant's back problems are causally related to a compensable injury which occurred in 1970. The undisputed medical testimony indicates that his problems were degenerative in nature resulting in the overgrowth of a bone that compressed a nerve in his back. Neither his surgeon nor his treating physician even attempted to establish the cause of the overgrowth.

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