Fink v. Metropolitan Public Defender

Claimant appeals from an order of the Worker’s Compensation Board which affirmed the hearing referee’s decision that former OAR 436-54-225 establishes a proper formula for computing temporary partial disability and that claimant’s condition is not a compensable occupational disease. We review de novo, ORS 656.298(6), and affirm.

Claimant, age 35 at the time of the hearing, is an attorney. She graduated from law school and was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1977. She was self-employed until May, 1978, when she became employed with the Metropolitan Public Defender’s Office (MPD) in Portland. At…