Boling v. Nork

This appeal presents the question whether the 1959 pickup-and-delivery amendment to the Workmen’s Compensation Law ① changes the rule in third-party actions by persons injured while loading logs.

The facts are similar to those of four recent cases in which the injuries were sustained prior to the effective date of ORS 656.154 (3) by workmen engaged in loading or unloading logs. See Beers v. Chapman, 230 Or 553, 370 P2d 941 (1962); Nelson et al v. Bartley et al, 222 Or 361, 352 P2d 1083 (1960); Claussen v. Ireland, 216 Or 289, 338 P2d 676 (1959); and Long v. Springfield Lumber Mills, 214 Or…