SYKES v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY

WCB 85-04503; CA A42587.

750 P.2d 1171 (1988)

90 Or.App. 41

In the matter of the Compensation of Robert F. SYKES, Claimant. Robert F. Sykes, Petitioner, v. WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided March 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Allan M. Muir, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were William H. Replogle and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland.

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


RICHARDSON, Presiding Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order holding that he is not entitled to temporary total disability, because he has "effectively retired." We reverse.

Claimant, a 54-year-old lumber worker, suffered a series of heart attacks and underwent quadruple bypass surgery between 1972 and 1983. In early 1983, he returned to light duty in a lumber mill, first as a "clipper spotter" and then as a "clipper operator....

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