Anderson v. West Union Village Square

The employer in this workers’ compensation case appealed claimant’s award of permanent total disability. We reversed on the ground that claimant had not shown a causal link betweeen his industrial injury and the subsequent worsening of his preexisting back disease. Anderson v. West Union Village Square, 43 Or App 295, 602 P2d 1092 (1979). Claimant petitioned for review in the Supreme Court, and under Rule 10.10 the case is automatically before us on reconsideration. Claimant asserts that because the issue of causation had not been raised before the close of the hearing below, our reversal…