SEELEY v. SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE

99-05193; A110771

41 P.3d 1093 (2002)

179 Or. App. 723

In the Matter of the Compensation of Martha K. Seeley, Claimant. Martha K. SEELEY, Petitioner, v. SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Duff Bloom, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Cole, Cary, Wing & Bloom, P.C.

Vera Langer, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief was Scheminske & Lyons, LLP.

Preston Bunnell & Stone, LLP, and Meagan A. Flynn, Portland, filed the brief amicus curiae for Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

David O. Wilson filed the brief amicus curiae for Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation.

Before ARMSTRONG, Presiding Judge, and KISTLER, Judge, and VAN HOOMISSEN, Senior Judge.


KISTLER, J.

The Workers' Compensation Board held that a doctor's opinion that it was more likely than not that claimant contracted hepatitis C at work was not sufficient to meet claimant's burden of production. Claimant seeks review of that order. We reverse and remand.

Claimant has worked as an operating room technician for more than 25 years. She has worked for her current employer, St. Vincent's Hospital, since 1984. Over the course of her career, claimant...

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