Legal Opinion
Beardslee v. Diamond Wood Products
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided May 15, 1991No. WCB 88-10474; CA A64794PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*226DE MUNIZ, J.
Claimant seeks review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board reversing the referee and holding that his injury, sustained in a car accident while on the way to an independent medical exam (IME), is not compensable.
Claimant had filed claims for on-the-job injuries to his back and arm. Employer deferred acceptance or denial of the claims until after an IME, which was scheduled for January 20,1988, at 3:30 p.m. Between 12:30 and 1:30 a.m., January 20, while on his way to Portland from Lebanon for the IME, claimant fell asleep at the wheel and drove his car into a ditch,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Williams v. Gates, McDonald & Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1985
- Wood v. State Accident Insurance FundCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1977
- Fenton v. SAIF Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1987
3Cited by4 opinions
- Robinson v. Nabisco, Inc.Oregon Supreme Court · 2000
- Turner v. Industrial Claim Appeals Office of ColoradoColorado Court of Appeals · 2004
- Beardslee v. Diamond Wood ProductsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1991
- State, Department of Natural Resources v. Universal Education Society, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1978