MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF HAMEL

WCB Case No. 79-00690; CA A21206.

635 P.2d 662 (1981)

54 Or.App. 503

In the Matter of the COMPENSATION OF Frank A. HAMEL, Claimant. Frank A. HAMEL, Petitioner, v. TRI METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON and Fred S. James & Co. of Oregon, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don G. Swink, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Schwabe, Williamson, Wyatt, Moore & Roberts, Portland.

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


WARDEN, Judge.

The issue in this case is whether claimant has established the compensability of a herniated disc injury. Claimant appeals from a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board affirming the referee, who found that claimant had failed to prove his claim.1 On de novo review, we reverse and remand.

Claimant is a bus driver, age 37 at time of hearing, who contends that he ruptured a disc while driving a city...

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