Cayton v. Safelite Glass Corp.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) that denied his claim for penalties and attorney fees pursuant to ORS 656.262(ll)(a)1 and ORS 656.382(1).2 According to claimant, employer unreasonably delayed payment of a lump sum award by failing to timely pay the award or to state its objection to the payment and refer the issue to the director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS). Employer contends that the board was correct in determining that, because employer had not yet waived its right to appeal the lump sum award, it had not violated…