Compensation of the Beneficiaries of Brown v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workers’ compensation proceeding, claim-nt, the widow of John I. Brown (Brown), appeals from .n order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) ffirming the referee’s order denying compensation on he basis that Brown’s death did not arise "out of and i the course of [his] employment,” ORS 656.005(8)(a). Ve affirm.

Brown died from injuries sustained in a plane rash, the circumstances of which are explained more ally below. Brown had been employed at Flightcraft, nc. (Flightcraft) since August 1, 1974, as a charter ilot. During the time he was employed there, Brown nd David Lees formed…