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IN RE COMPENSATION OF THOMPSON

WCB 10-06391 SC S063020.

379 P.3d 494 (2016)

360 Or. 155

IN the Matter of the COMPENSATION OF Roger J. THOMPSON, Claimant. Saif Corporation and Clackamas County Fire District #1, Respondents on Review, v. Roger J. Thompson, Petitioner on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

August 4, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson R. Hall , Bennett Hartman Morris and Kaplan, Portland, argued the cause for petitioner on review.

Julie Masters , Appellate Counsel, SAIF Corporation, Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents on review.

Sara Ghafouri , Haglund Kelley, LLP, Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

Sarah K. Drescher , Tedesco Law Group, Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae International Association of Fire Fighters. With her on the brief were Thomas A. Woodley , David Ricksecker , and Sara A. Conrath , Woodley & McGillivary, Washington, D.C.

Before Balmer, Chief Justice, and Kistler, Walters, Landau, Baldwin, Brewer, and Nakamoto, Justices.

The question in this workers' compensation case is how a statutory presumption, colloquially known as the "firefighters' presumption," applies. See ORS 656.802(4) (stating that presumption).1 In this case, no one disputes that claimant proved the predicate facts, which gave rise to a presumption that...

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