MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF WILLIAMS

WCB No. 79-7248; CA 19548.

635 P.2d 384 (1981)

54 Or.App. 398

In the matter of the Compensation of the Beneficiaries of Marian A. Williams, Deceased. Floyd Hewitt, Claimant, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 26, 1981.

Reconsideration Denied December 3, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric R. Friedman, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Fellows, McCarthy, Zikes & Kayser, P.C., Portland.

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were K.R. Maloney, Gen. Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., Salem.

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


WARDEN, Judge.

Petitioner appeals the Workers' Compensation Board's Order which denied his claim for benefits pursuant to ORS 656.226.1

Petitioner and Marian Williams were unmarried cohabitants from 1974 until Marian Williams' death on May 20, 1979, from a compensable industrial accident. Petitioner is the father of Ms. Williams' child. A joint declaration of paternity was filed by petitioner and Ms. Williams with the Vital Statistics...

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