JAMESON v. SAIF

No. 81-01724; CA A26372.

665 P.2d 379 (1983)

63 Or.App. 553

In the matter of the Compensation of William R. JAMESON, Claimant. William R. Jameson, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 22, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan H. Coons, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Coons & McKeown, P.C., Eugene.

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

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


BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board, which reversed the referee and held that claimant's back condition was not compensable. We reverse.

On October 10, 1979, claimant was employed by a company, then insured by SAIF, when he stepped into a hole, tripped, fell against the trunk of a tree with his right shoulder, lost his footing and rolled for some distance down a steep incline. He was treated initially...

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