Whitlock v. Klamath County School District

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that determined that his stress-related disorder was not compensable because it arose from “conditions generally inherent in every working situation.” ORS 656.802(3)(b). We review for errors of law and for substantial evidence, ORS 183.482(7) and (8), and remand for reconsideration.

Claimant taught music to elementary school children in the Klamath County School District (District) from 1981 until 1993. At the end of the 1992-93 school year, in the wake of Ballot Measure 5, 1 the employer District eliminated all…