SEARLES v. JOHNSTON CEMENT

WCB No. 86-13495; CA A60531.

792 P.2d 449 (1990)

101 Or.App. 589

In the matter of the Compensation of Walter R. SEARLES, Claimant. Martha Searles, Beneficiary of Walter R. Searles, Deceased, Petitioner, v. JOHNSTON CEMENT and Saif Corporation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 23, 1990.

Reconsideration Denied August 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Wollheim, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Welch, Bruun and Green, Portland.

Ann Kelley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondents. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.

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


NEWMAN, Judge.

Petitioner, widow of claimant, seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order that reversed the referee's award of permanent total disability and awarded 35 percent unscheduled permanent partial disability. ORS 656.218(3). We affirm.

The facts are undisputed. Claimant, age 61 at the time of the hearing by the referee, had worked for employer as a manual laborer since 1974. In 1983, he underwent...

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