SAIF Corp. v. Traner

In this workers’ compensation case, SAIF petitions for judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board), which concluded that, after claimant initiated a claim for a new or omitted medical condition under ORS 656.267(1), SAIF failed to formally accept or deny that request within 60 days as required by ORS 656.262(7)(a). Although the board ultimately determined that the claim actually involved only a symptom of previously accepted conditions, the board awarded attorney fees under ORS 656.262(ll)(a) based on SAIF’s unreasonable delay in accepting or denying what was…