Mathis v. State Accident Insurance Fund

Claimant incurred a compensable occupational disease, asbestosis, during the course of his employment. His claim against his last employer was denied by the State Accident Insurance Fund, the defendant. Claimant requested a hearing on his rejected claim and, pursuant thereto, an order was entered by the hearing officer of the Workmen’s Compensation Board denying the claim because there was “neither medical-causal relationship or legal-causal relationship connecting this workman’s asbestosis with his * * * [last] employer.”

Claimant rejected the order of the hearing officer, which, under ORS…