LIBERTY NORTHWEST INS. CORP. v. KOITZSCH

WCB 96-01318; CA A98570.

964 P.2d 1071 (1998)

155 Or. App. 494

In the Matter of the Compensation of Arlene J. Koitzsch, Claimant. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION and Agripac, Inc., Petitioners, v. Arlene J. KOITZSCH, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon, In Banc.

Resubmitted June 10, 1998.

Decided August 26, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Woodford argued the cause and filed the brief for Petitioners.

Linda C. Love, Lake Oswego, argued the cause for Respondent. With her on the brief was Craine & Love.


Resubmitted In Banc June 10, 1998.

DEITS, Chief Judge.

Employer seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order that increased claimant's earlier permanent partial disability (PPD) award, based on the Board's conclusion that an intervening statutory change in the PPD rate applies retroactively to the award. We affirm.

In 1989, claimant filed a claim for an occupational disease. The Board issued an order awarding PPD to her. Claimant sought our...

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