MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF THURSTON

WCB No. 79-09759; CA A22120.

649 P.2d 605 (1982)

58 Or.App. 568

In the matter of the Compensation of James Thurston, Claimant. James Thurston, Petitioner, v. MITCHELL BROS. CONTRACTORS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 18, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doug Vande Griend, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Emil R. Berg, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Wolf, Griffith, Bittner, Abbott & Roberts, Portland.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and THORNTON and VAN HOOMISSEN, JJ.


VAN HOOMISSEN, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board reversing a referee's finding that his myocardial infarction was job-related. The issue is compensability. We review de novo and affirm.

Claimant, age 50, was employed as a truck driver. At noon on February 20, 1979, he left home to load his truck in Tacoma for a haul to San Francisco. On reaching Tacoma at 2 p.m., his first task was to strap and tie down his load...

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