Mayes v. State Compensation Department

This ease presents the difficult question of whether a heart attack sustained by a workman arose out of and in the course of his employment. ORS 656.002(6).

The Supreme Court has had occasion to consider this problem in four recent cases: Clayton v. Compensation Dept., 253 Or 397, 454 P2d 628 (1969); Coday v. Willamette Tug & Barge, 250 Or 39, 440 P2d 224 (1968); Grandell v. Roseburg Lbr. Co., 251 Or 88, 444 P2d 944 (1968); Olson v. State Ind. Acc. Com., 222 Or 407, 352 P2d 1096 (1960).

From these decisions we conclude that the rules which govern this class of case are the following:(1) The…