Jones v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that the State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) pay over to the circuit court funds which SAIF had withheld from claimant’s temporary total disability compensation and that disallowed any penalty or attorney’s fee on account of the withholding.

Claimant’s ex-wife caused an order and writ of execution to be issued by the circuit court under ORS 23.760 et seq. requiring "defendant’s [i.e., claimant’s] employer” to withhold 25 percent of the 'disposable earnings due or to become due the [claimant]” to cover current and accrued support…