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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF SMITH

WCB No. 79-3191; CA 19315.

627 P.2d 495 (1981)

51 Or.App. 833

In the matter of the Compensation of Gavin L. Smith, Claimant. Gavin L. Smith, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Muir, Albany, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Emmons, Kyle, Kropp & Kryger, P.C., Albany.

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.

WARREN, Judge.

Claimant appeals the award of permanent partial disability resulting from an industrial accident in March, 1977. The Board reduced to 50 percent the referee's award of 70 percent permanent partial disability. Claimant seeks an award of permanent total disability.

Claimant is a 56-year old man with an eighth-grade education and a GED. He was a logger for ten years and felled timber until he suffered a back injury in 1958, requiring a spinal fusion...

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