SHERMAN v. WESTERN EMPLOYERS INS.

WCB 85-04086; CA A41799.

743 P.2d 759 (1987)

87 Or.App. 602

In the matter of the Compensation of Janell M. SHERMAN, Claimant. Janell M. Sherman, Petitioner, v. WESTERN EMPLOYERS INSURANCE, Insurer, and Newberg Community Hospital, Employer, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 7, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Bohy, Salem, filed brief, for petitioner.

Craig A. Staples, Portland, for respondents. With him on brief was Roberts, Reinisch & Klor, P.C., Portland.

Before WARDEN, P.J., and VAN HOOMISSEN and YOUNG, JJ.


VAN HOOMISSEN, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order that reversed the referee's order setting aside employer's denial of her claim. The Board held that claimant had not proven by a preponderance of the evidence that she had injured her back while at work. We review de novo and reverse.

Claimant, a registered nurse, testified that while at work on January 30, 1985, she felt a searing pain in her back when she twisted as...

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