SAIF Corp. v. Drews

In this workers’ compensation case, SAIF Corporation (SAIF) petitions for review of a Court of Appeals’ decision affirming an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) that held SAIF responsible for workers’ compensation benefit payments for claimant’s 1989 injury. SAIF v. Drews, 117 Or App 596, 845 P2d 217 (1993). The case involves two successive compensable injuries to the same part of claimant’s body. Claimant was employed by a different employer at the time of each injury. The case turns on the interpretation of ORS 656.308(1), in the context of assigning responsibility among…