MEL-KEN MOTORS, INC. v. JOHNSEN

WCB 91-15336; CA A77133.

858 P.2d 173 (1993)

122 Or. App. 499

In the Matter of the Compensation of Henry Johnsen, Claimant. MEL-KEN MOTORS, INC. and Safeco Insurance Companies, Petitioners, v. Henry JOHNSEN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided August 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Merrill Schneider, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Daniel J. DeNorch and Schneider, DeNorch & Galaviz-Stoller, Portland.

Before DEITS, P.J., and RIGGS and DURHAM, JJ.


RIGGS, Judge.

Employer seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order holding that the Board lacks authority to sanction an attorney for an allegedly frivolous request for a hearing. It also moves to strike portions of claimant's brief on appeal. We grant the motion to strike and affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable knee injury. Employer filed a notice of claimant's "likely eligibility" for vocational retraining services pursuant to ORS 656.340(1)...

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