Hubble v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s determination that claimant’s knee injury was non-compensable under ORS ese.OOSÍSHa). We review de novo. ORS 656.298(6).

Claimant, a 53-year-old construction inspector employed by the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center, suffered a knee injury as he walked down a straight corridor at the dental school at the Center. The referee found that

“* * * as he stepped forward with his left foot to take his next step his left knee buckled somewhat and he was in sudden, severe pain. He had never injured his left…