SAIF v. FORTSON

96-01843; CA A99413.

964 P.2d 293 (1998)

155 Or. App. 586

In the Matter of the Compensation of Hillard J. Fortson, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and Pope & Talbot, Inc., Petitioners, v. Hillard J. FORTSON, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 2, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael O. Whitty, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners.

James Edmunson, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Cole, Cary & Wing.

Before EDMONDS, P.J., ARMSTRONG, J., and WARDEN, Senior Judge.


ARMSTRONG, Judge.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board in which the Board found that claimant's injury arose out of and in the course of claimant's employment and, therefore, was compensable. We review for errors of law, ORS 183.482(8)(a), and affirm.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Claimant is a long-term production and maintenance worker at employer's paper production facility. At the time of his injury, claimant's working...

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