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HUTCHESON v. WEYERHAEUSER CO.

WCB No. 76-6467; CA 10190; SC 25880.

602 P.2d 268 (1979)

288 Or. 51

In the matter of the Compensation of Earl HUTCHESON, Claimant, Petitioner, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided November 6, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Conboy, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Jan Thomas Baisch and Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland.

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent. With him on the brief were Ancer L. Haggerty, Roger A. Luedtke and Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland.

Before DENECKE, C.J., and HOLMAN, HOWELL, LENT and LINDE, JJ.

LENT, Justice.

This is a contested claim for workers' compensation benefits for an alleged occupational disease. ORS 656.802 to 656.824. As used in those statutes "occupational disease" means:

"Any disease or infection which arises out of and in the scope of the employment, and to which an employee is not ordinarily subjected or exposed other than during a period of regular employment therein." ORS 656.802(1)(a).

The claim was filed on October 25...

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