Legal Opinion

Gwin v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.

Court of Appeals of Oregon

Decided January 16, 1991No. 88-03491; CA A63116PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*173BUTTLER, J.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s decision that an injury that he suffered while travelling to his home from employer’s work site is not compensable. We affirm.

We take the facts from the referee’s findings that were adopted by the Board and are not challenged by claimant. Claimant, a driller, was on a six-month assignment at Bonneville Dam for his Eugene-based employer. On that assignment, as on others, he was dispatched from his home in Redmond and he travelled from his home directly to the job site. Generally, he worked a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. ReelOregon Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Nelson v. Douglas Fir Plywood Co.Oregon Supreme Court · 1971

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Doering v. State Labor & Industry Review CommissionCourt of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1994
  2. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. v. OverCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1991
  3. Beardslee v. Diamond Wood ProductsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1991
  4. Beardslee v. Diamond Wood ProductsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1991
  5. Gwin v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1991

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