Colvin v. Industrial Indemnity

This workers’ compensation case comes to us on remand from the Oregon Supreme Court, Colvin v. Industrial Indemnity, 301 Or 743, 725 P2d 356 (1986), which held that we had misinterpreted ORS 656.265(4)(a) 1 and, therefore, reversed our decision. An order of the Workers’ Compensation Board had reversed the referee and concluded that the claim was untimely, because claimant had not given notice to her employer pursuant to ORS 656.265. The Board had also held that, even if the claim were not time-barred, the injury was not compensable, because it was not work-related. We affirmed the Board…