French-Davis v. Grand Central Bowl

The Workers’ Compensation Board (board) dismissed claimant’s request for a hearing to challenge insurer’s failure to close her claim. The board ruled that the request was untimely. Claimant seeks judicial review. Because the parties do not dispute the facts, we review only for legal error. ORS 656.298(7); ORS 183.482(8)(a). We reverse.

Claimant suffered a work-related knee injury in 1991. Her employer’s insurer (insurer) accepted the injury as a disabling contusion. After surgery, claimant developed low back pain, assertedly because the knee injury and treatment for it caused her to alter her…