Marshall v. SAIF Corp.

In this workers’ compensation case, the issue is whether claimant, a sole proprietor, submitted sufficient evidence to corroborate her claim of compensability for an occupational disease, thereby permitting recovery under ORS 656.128(3). The Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) concluded that a doctor’s report, based on a history provided by claimant, was insufficient and upheld the insurer’s denial of the claim. The claimant appealed, and a divided Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, reversed, holding that a doctor’s opinion as to diagnosis, causation, and treatment is, by its very nature,…