City of Grants Pass v. Hamelin

Employer seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that it must pay compensation for conditions that it mistakenly accepted in an updated notice of acceptance issued at the time of claim closure. The facts are undisputed. We review the board’s order for errors of law and affirm.

In 2003, employer was directed by an administrative law judge (ALJ) to accept claimant’s “undefined” bilateral upper extremity condition, and thereafter, in April and November 2003, it accepted bilateral wrist tendinitis. In June 2004, employer denied claimant’s request for acceptance…