Scheidemantel v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant’s petition for review of our decision in this case, Scheidemantel v. SAIF, 68 Or App 822, 683 P2d 1028 (1984), is treated by us as a petition for reconsideration. ORAP 10.10. We allow the petition to consider matters we did not address in our earlier opinion. On de novo review, we now withdraw our former opinion and reverse and remand.

We take the relevant facts from our earlier opinion:

“Claimant sustained a compensable back injury in 1979. She was treated for a dorsolumbar strain and was determined to be medically stationary in 1980. Later, she made an aggravation claim that resulted…