FOLKENBERG v. SAIF

No. 82-07457; CA A 29909.

684 P.2d 618 (1984)

69 Or.App. 159

In the matter of the Compensation of Richard L. FOLKENBERG, Claimant. Richard L. Folkenberg, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Pickens, Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief, for petitioner.

Donna Parton Garaventa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause, for respondent. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and WARDEN and NEWMAN, JJ.


WARDEN, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board reversing the referee's determination that claimant's knee injury is compensable. We reverse.

The facts surrounding claimant's injury are essentially undisputed. He was employed as a mechanic. On June 18, 1982, he suffered a knee injury while walking across the shop floor after answering his employer's telephone. He testified that he felt a sudden "snap or a terrific pain" in...

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