SAIF v. KELLY

91-06705, 91-05122; CA A79721.

880 P.2d 970 (1994)

130 Or. App. 185

In the Matter of the Compensation of Joseph E. Kelly, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and Image Graphics & Litho, Inc., Petitioners, v. Joseph E. KELLY, Riddle Press and Kemper Insurance Co., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Cotton, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen.

Craig A. Staples, Tigard, argued the cause for respondents Riddle Press and Kemper Ins. Co. With him on the brief was Roberts, Reinisch, MacKenzie, Healey & Wilson, P.C.

No appearance for respondent Joseph E. Kelly.

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


HASELTON, Judge.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board that applied the last injurious exposure rule to assign SAIF responsibility for claimant's occupational disease. We reverse and remand.

Claimant, a printing press operator, sought treatment for wrist and arm pain in 1988, while employed by an insured of Kemper Insurance Company (Kemper). Claimant's physician, Dr. Gill, diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome, which the employer accepted...

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