SAIF CORP. v. ALLEN

01-08588; A120244.

91 P.3d 808 (2004)

193 Or. App. 742

In the Matter of the Compensation of Charles S. Allen, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and Hap Taylor & Sons, Petitioners, v. Charles S. ALLEN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Runner, Salem, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners.

Philip H. Garrow, Bend, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and WOLLHEIM and SCHUMAN, Judges.


SCHUMAN, J.

SAIF Corporation, on behalf of its insured, Hap Taylor and Sons, denied Allen's claim for workers' compensation benefits for "L5-S1 spondylosis," a back condition causing stiffness and pain.1 Claimant requested a hearing. An administrative law judge (ALJ) analyzed the claim as though it was based on a "combined condition," that is, a condition involving both a prior, accepted workplace injury and a degenerative disease that...

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