VSETECKA v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC.

(WCB 00-02916; CA A113353; SC S49908).

98 P.3d 1116 (2004)

337 Or. 502

In the Matter of the Compensation of Buzz Vsetecka, Claimant. Buzz VSETECKA, Petitioner on Review, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INC., Respondent on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon, En Banc.

Decided October 14, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Casey, Portland, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioner on review. With him on the briefs was Edward J. Harri, Salem.

Ken Kleinsmith, of Meyers, Radler, Bohy, Replogle & Miller, Lake Oswego, argued the cause and filed the briefs for respondent on review.

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


KISTLER, J.

In this workers' compensation case, the Workers' Compensation Board (board) ruled that claimant had failed to give his employer sufficient written notice of a workplace injury and therefore did not reach the question whether the injury caused claimant's condition. The Court of Appeals agreed that the notice was insufficient and affirmed. Vsetecka v. Safeway Stores, Inc., 183 Or.App. 239, 51 P...

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