Leary v. Pacific Northwest Bell

This case was remanded by the Supreme Court, 296 Or 139, 675 P2d 157 (1983), to apply the objective standard of McGarrah v. SAIF, 296 Or 145, 675 P2d 159 (1983). 1 In our former opinion, 60 Or App 459, 465, 653 P2d 1293 (1982), we stated that “notwithstanding that his work-related. stress appears largely to be his own reaction to his working conditions * * * we conclude that it is the major contributing cause of his disability and that it is therefore compensable.” Our conclusion was based on a subjective test that was rejected by the Supreme Court in McGarrah.

In Elwood v. SAIF, 67 Or App…