BENEF. OF McBROOM v. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

81-07286; CA A32173.

713 P.2d 1095 (1986)

77 Or.App. 700

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPENSATION OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THOMAS W. MCBROOM (DECEASED), Claimant. The Beneficiaries of Thomas W. McBroom, (Deceased), Petitioner, v. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of the U.S., Employer, and Firemans Fund Insurance Company, Carrier, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 12, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

R. Kenney Roberts, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on brief were Jerald P. Keene and Roberts, Reinisch & Klor, P.C., Portland.

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


NEWMAN, Judge.

Claimant petitions for review of a Workers' Compensation Board order which reversed the referee and held that decedent's death is not compensable. See ORS 656.204. We hold that the decedent's death arose "out of and in the course of employment" and reverse. ORS 656.005(8)(a).

Decedent was a membership salesman for the United States Chamber of Commerce in Portland. On the morning of Saturday, May 9, 1981, he flew to Los Angeles to attend...

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