MATTER OF MADEWELL

WCB 78-992; CA 17666.

620 P.2d 953 (1980)

49 Or.App. 713

In the matter of the Compensation of Judy Madewell, Claimant. Judy Madewell, Petitioner-Cross-Respondent, v. SALVATION ARMY, Employer, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 8, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Kavanaugh, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner-cross-respondent. With him on the briefs was Kenneth M. Montgomery, Portland.

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondent-cross-petitioner. With him on the briefs was Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland.

Before GILLETTE, P.J., and ROBERTS and CAMPBELL, JJ.


ROBERTS, Judge.

Claimant, while employed as a supervisor for the Salvation Army, injured her back on November 7, 1977, while pulling a clothing cart estimated to weigh some 500 to 750 pounds off an elevator. This was work she was not accustomed to doing, and she apparently was filling in, as her job required her to do, during a shortage of male trainees who did the heavier work. She reported the injury to her supervisor immediately and filed a formal notice of injury...

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