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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF PETERSEN

WCB No. 79-7627; CA 19743.

629 P.2d 843 (1981)

52 Or.App. 703

In the matter of the Compensation of Harold O. Petersen, Claimant. Harold O. Petersen, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Larson, Prineville, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Minturn, Van Voorhees, Larson & Dixon, Prineville.

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., 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.

BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order by the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) reducing an award of permanent total disability made by the referee to 50 percent permanent partial disability for low back injuries.

In August, 1978, at the age of 61, claimant incurred an acute lumbar sacral strain while driving a truck. Claimant did not finish the fifth grade and has worked as a logger and heavy equipment driver all his life. He has never...

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