GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORP. v. PIWOWAR

WCB 82-09391 and 83-07720; CA A38112.

738 P.2d 225 (1987)

86 Or.App. 82

In the matter of the Compensation of Leokadia W. Piwowar, Claimant. GEORGIA-PACIFIC Corporation, Petitioner, v. Leokadia W. PIWOWAR, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Goodman, McMinnville, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on brief was Cummins, Cummins, Brown & Goodman, P.C., McMinnville.

Linda Love, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were James L. Francesconi and Francesconi & Cash, P.C., Portland.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.


WARREN, Judge.

This workers' compensation case concerns whether, after the issuance of a determination order, an employer may partially deny a claim and refuse to pay compensation awarded by the determination order.

Claimant experienced a minor back injury in August, 1981, which employer admits that it accepted. During the year following the injury, claimant's symptoms were diagnosed alternatively as lumbosacral strain and ankylosing spondylitis. By late 1982...

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