QUEEN v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND CORP.

No. 79-03862; CA A24338.

658 P.2d 563 (1983)

61 Or.App. 702

In the matter of the Compensation of Robert J. QUEEN, Claimant. Robert J. Queen, Petitioner, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Donna M. Parton, Associate Appellate Counsel, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief was Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp., Salem.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., THORNTON, Senior Judge, and VAN HOOMISSEN, J.


VAN HOOMISSEN, Judge.

Claimant appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board that reversed a hearings referee's ruling that claimant's heart problems were compensably related to his work activity as a woods foreman. The issue is whether claimant has proved by a preponderance of the evidence that his work activity was a major contributing cause of his heart condition. We affirm.

Claimant was age 55 at the onset of his disability. He was employed as...

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