PROGRESS QUARRIES v. VAANDERING

WCB 82-07420; WCB 82-09180; WCB 82-09204; WCB 82-10649; CA A33651.

722 P.2d 19 (1986)

80 Or. App. 160

In the Matter of the Compensation of William Vaandering, Claimant. PROGRESS QUARRIES and Western Employers Insurance, Petitioners-Cross-Respondents, v. William VAANDERING, Respondent-Cross-Petitioner, Todd Building, Coast Marine Construction, J.C. Compton Company, Argonaut Insurance and State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation, Respondents-Cross-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Reuling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents-cross-respondents Todd Building and State Acc. Ins. Fund Corp. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.

William H. Stockton, Hillsboro, filed the brief for respondent-cross-respondent Coast Marine Const.

Catherine Riffe, Portland, argued the cause for respondents-cross-respondents J.C. Compton Co. and Argonaut Ins. With her on the brief was Lindsay, Hart, Neil & Weigler, Portland.

Jerald P. Keene, Portland, argued the cause for petitioners-cross-respondents. With him on the brief were Craig A. Staples, and Roberts, Reinisch & Klor, P.C., Portland.

John Uffelman, Hillsboro, argued the cause for respondent-cross-petitioner William Vaandering. With him on the brief was Brink, Moore, Brink & Peterson, Hillsboro.

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


RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

The issue in this workers' compensation case is which of several employers is responsible for claimant's occupational diseases of hearing loss and tinnitus. Claimant filed occupational disease claims against most of the employers for whom he had worked since 1975. It was conceded that both conditions were work related and that the issue was which employer was responsible for each condition. The referee concluded that petitioner Progress...

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