Freres Lumber Co. v. Jegglie

Freres Lumber Co. (Freres), a self-insured employer, petitions for review of a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, holding it responsible for claimant’s bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. It assigns error to the Board’s determination that claimant established good cause under ORS 656.319(1) for filing a late request for hearing after Freres denied his claim. Claimant cross-petitions, making arguments that are contingent on our reversal on the petition.

In 1984, while working for Green Veneer, claimant filed a claim for a bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome. Green Veneer accepted the…