MATTER OF BROWN

WCB 78-9419; CA 15396 and SC 26671.

616 P.2d 457 (1980)

289 Or. 455

In the Matter of the Compensation of Rhonda BROWN, Claimant. Rhonda BROWN, Petitioner, v. EBI COMPANIES and Publishers Paper Company, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Caruso, St. Andrew Legal Clinic, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Douglas S. Green, of Welch, Bruun & Green, Portland.

Margaret H. Leek Leiberan, of Lang, Klein, Wolf, Smith, Griffith & Hallmark, Portland, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.


LINDE, Justice.

Petitioner's claim for workers' compensation was denied by her employer, and the denial was affirmed by the Workers' Compensation Board on the ground that she had not requested a hearing within the time prescribed by ORS 656.319(1) as construed in this court's opinion in Sekermestrovich v. SAIF, 280 Or. 723, 573 P.2d 275 (1977). The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion, 44...

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