STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORP. v. VARNER

No. WCB 85-12134; CA A42724.

749 P.2d 606 (1988)

89 Or.App. 421

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPENSATION OF DWAYNE L. VARNER, Claimant. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND Corporation and Douglas County Sheriff, Petitioners, v. Dwayne L. VARNER, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 10, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

James L. Edmunson, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Karen M. Werner and Malagon & Moore, Eugene.

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


WARREN, Judge.

Employer seeks review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board determining that claimant's stress-related mental condition is compensable. We affirm.

Claimant began to experience symptoms of stress after he was disciplined in his employment and demoted. Employer relies on Elwood v. SAIF, 298 Or. 429, 693 P.2d 641 (1985), to support its argument that stress which...

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