IN THE MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF LeFAVE

03-00481; A125388.

125 P.3d 33 (2005)

203 Or. App. 108

In the Matter of the Compensation of William LeFave, Claimant. William LeFAVE, Petitioner, v. SAIF CORPORATION and City of Tigard, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Harri, Salem, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Gary Borden, Portland.

David Runner, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and BREWER, Chief Judge, and SCHUMAN, Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Claimant seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board that reversed an award of attorney fees to claimant. The board reasoned that a letter from SAIF to claimant that neither accepted nor denied his new medical condition did not result in a "denied claim" for purposes of the attorney fee statute, ORS 656.386(1)(b) (1997), amended by Or. Laws 2001, ch. 865, § 9. While this case was pending on appeal, this court decided...

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