Mathel v. Josephine County
Court of Appeals of Oregon
1Opinion of the Court
*426WARREN, J.
Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that upheld employer’s denial of his claim for myocardial infarction. We write only to address claimant’s argument that 1990 changes to the occupational disease law affect the compensability of his claim, and affirm.
Claimant had hypertension, which had been under control for many years. On August 23,1990, after experiencing two days of abnormally high emotional stress at his employment with employer, he suffered a myocardial infarction. Employer denied his claim for compensation. The Board, following our decision in SAIF…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- SAIF Corp. v. HukariCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1992
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