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COOMBS v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND

No. 77-3947; CA 11291.

592 P.2d 242 (1979)

39 Or.App. 293

In the matter of the Compensation of Dewey COOMBS, Claimant, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 19, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Wilson, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Dan O'Leary and Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland.

William H. Stockton, Associate Counsel, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were K.R. Maloney, Chief Counsel and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, Salem.

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

RICHARDSON, Judge.

In this workers' compensation case claimant appeals an order of the Workers' Compensation Board affirming the Board's exercise of its own motion jurisdiction to close claimant's compensation claim. The issue is whether the claim closure is properly an exercise of the Board's own motion jurisdiction depriving claimant of a right of appeal.

Claimant sustained a compensable injury to his leg on July 17, 1967, and his claim was accepted by the...

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