Hunter v. Teledyne Wah Chang

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board which reversed the referee’s order requiring insurer to pay “interim compensation” pending Board review of an earlier referee’s decision awarding interim compensation. ORS 656.313.1 We reverse.

Claimant requested a hearing on employer’s denial of his occupational disease claim. The referee upheld the denial but awarded interim compensation, relying on our decision in Bono v. SAIF, 66 Or App 135, 673 P2d 558 (1983), where we held that a claimant could recover interim compensation, although she continued to work.2 Both parties…