Bowers v. Mathis

Plaintiff, an Oregon workman, was injured on the job in Oregon allegedly by the negligence of an employe of the defendant, an employer based in the State of Washington. Plaintiff filed a complaint in negligence and the defendant, by supplemental answer, asserted the statutory "joint premises defense” of former ORS 656.154.1

The trial court held an evidentiary hearing pursuant to ORS 656.595(3)2 to determine the construction of the 1966 "Extraterritorial Reciprocity Agreement” between the workmen’s compensation authorities of Oregon and Washington (hereinafter Agreement) and its application to…