Roller v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

We allow employer’s petition for reconsideration in order to amplify the basis for our original opinion, Roller v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 67 Or App 583, 679 P2d 341 (1984), and, with that amplification, we adhere to that opinion.

Employer’s “partial denial” here was, in effect, an attempt to effect an employer closure, which is authorized by ORS 656.268(3). As we pointed out in our opinion, however, employer treated its “partial denial” as just that, not as a closure, and it did not comply with the notice provisions required by the statute for employer-insurer closures. The procedures are…