SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON AND WYATT v. WORKERS' COMP. BD.

WCB 86-16961; CA A50813.

792 P.2d 461 (1990)

101 Or.App. 645

In the matter of the Compensation of Adolph W. Wende, Claimant. SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & Wyatt, Petitioner, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION BOARD, Respondent, Liberty Northwest Insurance, Lumber Systems and Adolph Wende, Parties to the Proceeding below.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided May 23, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr. and Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, filed the brief for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

Before GRABER, P.J. Pro Tem., and RIGGS and EDMONDS, JJ.


RIGGS, Judge.

Petitioner seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order denying its request for attorney fees and assigns error to the Board's allegedly improper and unreasonable retroactive application of its administrative rules. We reverse.

Claimant was injured in September, 1986. Employer denied the claim and claimant requested a hearing, which was held on March 7, 1987. On April 13, the referee issued an...

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