State v. Spear

Petitioner seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that affirmed the referee’s order that claimant’s injury is compensable under ORS chapter 655 and ordered petitioner to pay attorney fees to claimant from the Inmate Injury Fund for services before the Board. Our review is for substantial evidence. ORS 655.525; ORS 656.298(6); ORS 183.482(7) and (8); Armstrong v. Asten-Hill Co., 90 Or App 200, 752 P2d 312 (1988). We affirm.

The referee could have found from the evidence the facts that we state and that the parties do not dispute.1 Claimant is an inmate at the Oregon State…