STARR v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND


580 P.2d 1043 (1978)

35 Or.App. 63

In the matter of the Compensation of Carl STARR, Claimant, Petitioner, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Udziela, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, and Mark Braverman, Portland.

Earl M. Preston, Atty., State Acc. Ins. Fund, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were K.R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and LEE, RICHARDSON and JOSEPH, JJ.


SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

The question in this workers' compensation case is whether the claimant is permanently and totally disabled. We hold that, upon the record before us, he is.

Claimant is 44 years old. He ended his formal education in the seventh grade, and since leaving school he has engaged in various occupations, all involving physical labor. He suffered a compensable injury to his low back in August, 1974,...

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