STATE ACC. INS. FUND CORP. v. LUHRS

No. 80-04643; CA A25587.

663 P.2d 418 (1983)

63 Or.App. 78

In The Matter of the Compensation of Robert Luhrs, Claimant. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Robert LUHRS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Donna M. Parton, Associate Appellate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., Salem.

James O'Rourke, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief was Thomas J. Barnett, Portland.

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


BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

SAIF appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board affirming the referee's opinion and order determining that claimant's carpal tunnel syndrome is a compensable occupational disease for which SAIF's insured, Northwest Scientific, Inc., is responsible. Although we believe the Board applied an erroneous rule of law in reaching its result, we affirm.

Claimant has been a welder since 1968; between 1968 and 1976, he welded on...

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