MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF RUSS

WCB No. 80-03289; CA A22795.

653 P.2d 274 (1982)

60 Or.App. 292

In the matter of the Compensation of Peter J. Russ, Claimant, Phil A. Livesley Co. and United Pacific Insurance Company, Petitioners, v. PETER J. RUSS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided November 10, 1982.

Reconsideration Denied December 23, 1982.

Review Allowed January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. VavRosky, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners. On brief were Ronald W. Atwood, and Rankin, McMurry, VavRosky & Doherty, Portland.

Michael J. Hansen, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on brief was Thorbeck & Hansen, Salem.

Before GILLETTE, P.J., and WARDEN and YOUNG, JJ.


WARDEN, Judge.

The issue in this workers' compensation case is compensability. The employer seeks reversal of the Workers' Compensation Board's order affirming the referee's finding that the claimant's hip injury from an "unexplained fall" was compensable. We affirm.

Claimant, an 82-year-old laborer, was employed at a food-processing plant. On February 5, 1980, the date of the injury, claimant had worked a full eight-hour shift sorting onions on a production...

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