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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF BATDORF

WCB No. 79-05894; CA A20932.

635 P.2d 396 (1981)

54 Or.App. 496

In the Matter of the COMPENSATION OF Wayne R. BATDORF, Claimant. Wayne R. BATDORF, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Udziela, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, Kahn & O'Leary, Portland.

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

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

BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board, affirming the referee's order, that an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) was not compensably related to his employment. On de novo review, we reverse.

Claimant must establish both legal and medical causation in order to prove a compensable heart attack. Coday v. Willamette Tug and Barge, 250 Or. 39, 49, 440 P.2d 224

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