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SAIF v. JONES

WCB No. 93-06575; CA A86428.

908 P.2d 853 (1996)

138 Or. App. 484

In the Matter of the Compensation of James W. JONES, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and Willamina Lumber Company, Petitioners, v. James W. JONES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided January 3, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julene Quinn, Salem, argued the cause for petitioners. On the brief were Theodore R. Kulongoski, Attorney General, Virginia L.

Linder, Solicitor General, and David L. Runner, Assistant Attorney General.

James L. Edmunson, Eugene, filed the brief for respondent.

Before RIGGS, P.J., and LANDAU and LEESON, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board holding that claimant's preexisting facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy has been made worse by his employment and is therefore compensable.

The Board found that claimant's employment is the major contributing cause of the worsening of his preexisting condition. That finding is supported by substantial evidence. As amended by the legislature in 1995, ORS 656.802(2) provides:<...

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