Elwood v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

In August, 1980, claimant filed a claim for occupational disease based on depression. ORS 656.802. 1 The referee and Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed the insurer’s denial of the claim. We reverse and remand.

In McGarrah v. SAIF, 296 Or 145, 164, 675 P2d 159 (1983), the court stated:

“[T]he on-the-job stress conditions causing the disorders must be real. That is, the events and conditions producing the stress must, from an objective standpoint, exist in reality. A worker’s inability to keep up the pace of the job is real stress. * * * The pressure of an executive or management position is…