SAIF v. PEPPERLING

0802264; A141905.

238 P.3d 1013 (2010)

237 Or. App. 79

In the Matter of the Compensation of William T. Pepperling, Claimant. SAIF CORPORATION and All Seasons Heating & A/C, Petitioners, v. William T. PEPPERLING, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julene M. Quinn argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioners.

Heather Holt , Grants Pass, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before LANDAU, Presiding Judge, and ORTEGA, Judge, and CARSON, Senior Judge.


LANDAU, P.J.

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board on reconsideration setting aside SAIF's denial of claimant's new or omitted medical condition claim for an infection of his finger diagnosed as methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). SAIF asserts that the claim should be analyzed as a consequential condition, to which the major contributing cause standard of proof applies, ORS 656.005(7)(a)(A), and contends that the board erred...

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