Department of Justice, Inmate Insurance Fund v. Hendershott

Department of Justice Inmate Injury Fund (petitioner) seeks reversal of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s order affirming an award of attorney fees by the referee and awarding additional attorney fees for services rendered by claimant’s attorney on Board review. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Claimant is an inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He filed a claim for nerve damage to his hands and forearms on August 14,1987, alleging that the condition was related to work that he had performed at the forest camp. Petitioner initially denied the claim on October 20,1987, and claimant…