PRIEST v. CITY OF HERMISTON

87-12900; CA A63479.

809 P.2d 1370 (1991)

106 Or.App. 732

In the matter of the Compensation of Sidney H. PRIEST, Claimant. Sidney H. Priest, Petitioner, v. CITY OF HERMISTON and Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Baron, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief were Robert K. Udziela, Dan O'Leary and Pozzi, Wilson, Atchison, O'Leary & Conboy, Portland.

Jerald P. Keene, Portland, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Roberts, Reinisch, Mackenzie, Healey & Wilson, P.C., Portland.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and ROSSMAN and DE MUNIZ, JJ.


BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

Claimant seeks review of a decision of the Workers' Compensation Board reversing the referee and holding that his claim for a low back injury is not compensable. Claimant has worked for employer for almost 26 years. He experienced compensable, nondisabling back strains in 1980 and 1982. On April 1, 1987, he felt pain in his back as he twisted while unloading a power trowel. He did not notify employer of that incident because he thought that...

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