Petshow v. Portland Bottling Co.

This is a workers’ compensation case involving successive injuries, a dispute between two insurers as to which is responsible for compensation and an order directing that any future award for permanent partial disability be reduced by the amount of excess benefits for temporary total disability paid by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (Liberty). Claimant seeks judicial review, and Liberty, one of the insurers, cross-appeals. We review de novo, ORS 656.298(6), and reverse.

Claimant injured his left hand on September 7, 1976, while working for Portland Bottling Company. Liberty, the insurer,…