TORKKO v. SAIF

Agency No. 95-01511; CA A91855.

938 P.2d 225 (1997)

147 Or. App. 678

In the Matter of the Compensation of Cheryl T. Torkko, Claimant. Cheryl T. TORKKO, Petitioner, v. SAIF CORPORATION and Coos County S-D # 13, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juli Point, Coos Bay, argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the brief was Foss, Whitty, Littlefield & McDaniel, L.L.P.

Michael O. Whitty, Special Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.

Before WARREN, P.J., and EDMONDS and ARMSTRONG, JJ.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board that concluded that her injury was not compensable because it did not arise out of her employment. ORS 656.005(7)(a). We reverse and remand.

We quote the material facts, which are undisputed, from the Board's order:

"Claimant is an elementary school teacher who teaches seven[-] and eight-year-olds a variety of subjects on a daily basis. On December 6, 1994, which...

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