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SAIF v. LEWIS

(WCB 97-04909; CA A103052; SC S47997).

58 P.3d 814 (2002)

335 Or. 92

In the Matter of the Compensation of Geoffrey R. Lewis, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and Oregon State University, Respondents on Review, v. Geoffrey R. LEWIS, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Decided November 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Thorbeck, Salem, argued the cause and filed the petition for review for petitioner on review.

David L. Runner, Special Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents on review.

G. Duff Bloom, Cole, Cary, Wing & Bloom, P.C., Eugene, filed a brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

Before CARSON, Chief Justice, and GILLETTE, DURHAM, LEESON, RIGGS, and BALMER, Justices.

DURHAM, J.

In this workers' compensation proceeding, the Workers' Compensation Board (board) concluded that claimant's occupational disease was compensable because medical evidence supported by objective findings established the existence of the disease, as ORS 656.802(2)(d) requires. The Court of Appeals reversed because, in its opinion, "objective findings," as defined in ORS 656.005(19), did not support the medical evidence of claimant's disease. SAIF v. Lewis...

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