Brown v. EBI Companies

In Brown v. EBI Companies, 289 Or 455, 616 P2d 457 (1980), the present petitioner won reversal of a decision of the Court of Appeals that had affirmed the denial of her workers’ compensation claim for failure to file a timely request for a hearing. This court ordered a remand to the Workers’ Compensation Board for consideration of petitioner’s contention that there was "good cause” for the failure to file the claim within the prescribed time. The claimant now petitions us to allow a fee for the services of her attorney in this comb. The employer objects to such an allowance for lack of…