WATKINS v. FRED MEYER, INC.

WCB 83-08840; CA A34191.

719 P.2d 920 (1986)

79 Or.App. 521

In the Matter of the Compensation of Beverly J. Watkins, Claimant. Beverly J. WATKINS, Petitioner, v. FRED MEYER, INC., Self-Insured Employer, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Udziela, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Jeffrey S. Mutnick, Portland, and Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland.

Yvonne Meekcoms, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Deborah L. Sather and Moscato & Byerly, Portland.

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


NEWMAN, Judge.

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board which modified the referee's order that had awarded her 45 percent unscheduled disability for injury to her neck. The Board found claimant's disability to be 20 percent. We reverse and reinstate the referee's order.

Claimant was 53 years old at the time of the hearing. She had worked for employer as a grocery checker and earned $7 to $8 per hour. In August, 1979, in...

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