JOHNSON v. CITY OF ROSEBURG

WCB No. 84-00831; CA A38383.

739 P.2d 602 (1987)

86 Or.App. 344

In the matter of the Compensation of Richard A. JOHNSON, Claimant. Richard A. Johnson, Petitioner, v. CITY OF ROSEBURG and Saif Corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided July 8, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Love, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief was Peter W. McSwain, and Francesconi & Cash, P.C., Portland.

Darrell E. Bewley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

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


NEWMAN, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order that denied his occupational disease claim. We reverse. Claimant, age 46, was a fire fighter for 23 years with the City of Roseburg. He worked as an engineer during the last 10 years of his employment, but he continued to go out on fire calls. He has averaged one fire call every two-and-one-half weeks. He used primitive respiratory equipment during the early years of his fire fighting. He...

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