MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF GYGI

No. 79-9683; CA 19945.

639 P.2d 655 (1982)

55 Or.App. 570

In the matter of the Compensation of Robert Gygi, Claimant. State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Petitioner, v. ROBERT GYGI, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were K.R. Maloney, Gen. Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Accident Insurance Fund Corp., Salem.

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

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


RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

The State Accident Insurance Fund appeals from the order of the Workers' Compensation Board which affirmed the hearing referee's decision that claimant's mental illness is a compensable occupational disease. SAIF contends the Board erred in determining that claimant's psychiatric disability was caused or aggravated by on-the-job stress. ORS 656.802(1)(a). We review de novo, ORS 656.298(6), and affirm.

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