ALCANTAR-BACA v. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INS.

(WCB 97-02281; CA A100987)

983 P.2d 1038 (1999)

161 Or. App. 49

In the Matter of the Compensation of Gerrardo Alcantar-Baca, Claimant. Gerrardo ALCANTAR-BACA, Petitioner, v. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION and Rincon Reforestation, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Harri, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Randy Elmer and Emmons, Kropp, Kryger, Alexander, Egan and Elmer, P.C.

Alexander D. Libman argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.

Before De MUNIZ, Presiding Judge, and HASELTON and LINDER, Judges.


HASELTON, J.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board that determined that, because his request for reclassification of an injury from nondisabling to disabling was made more than one year after the date of his injury, that request is time-barred under ORS 656.277(1) and must, instead, be processed as an aggravation claim under ORS 656.277(2). We agree with the Board's ultimate conclusion that ORS 656.277(2) requires claimant's request...

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