OHLIG v. FMC MARINE & RAIL EQUIPMENT DIVISION

WCB Case No. 77-1741; CA 15985.

614 P.2d 146 (1980)

47 Or.App. 363

In the matter of the Compensation of James OHLIG, Claimant, Petitioner-Cross-Respondent. v. FMC MARINE & RAIL EQUIPMENT DIVISION, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton J. Fallgren, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner-cross-respondent.

Katherine H. O'Neil, Portland, argued the cause for respondent-cross-petitioner. With her on the brief were Delbert J. Brenneman and Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland.

Before JOSEPH, P.J., and WARDEN and WARREN, JJ.


WARDEN, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board which upheld a denial of his claim for a herniated spinal disc.

There is no dispute that claimant suffered a damaged disc; the issue is whether the damage is traceable to a fall at work. The carrier accepted his claim filed for an ankle injury received in the fall, but contended at the hearing that there was no causal relationship between the compensable injury to his ankle and...

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