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MARLOW v. DEXTER WOOD PRODUCTS

WCB Case No. 78-7856; CA 16332; CA 16415.

615 P.2d 402 (1980)

47 Or.App. 811

In the matter of the Compensation of Roylee MARLOW, Claimant, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner, v. DEXTER WOOD PRODUCTS and Employee Benefits Insurance Company, Petitioners-Cross-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret H. Leek Leiberan, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners-cross-respondents. With her on the briefs was Lang, Klein, Wolf, Smith, Griffith & Hallmark, Portland.

Timothy J. Helfrich, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent-cross-petitioner. With him on the briefs was E.B. Sahlstrom Law Offices, Eugene.

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

SCHWAB, Chief Judge.

The problems in this workers' compensation case involve trying to put an extremely ill-defined and informal working arrangement into legal pigeonholes. Was claimant an employe or an independent contractor when he was injured? Had claimant terminated that relationship, whatever it was, before he was injured? The Workers' Compensation Board resolved those issues in claimant's favor. We affirm.

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