Leary v. Pacific Northwest Bell

The claimant seeks workers’ compensation benefits for physical disease and disorders allegedly arising out of on-the-job stressful conditions and events. The Court of Appeals reversed the Workers’ Compensation Board and allowed an award of benefits. We allowed review in this case and McGarrah v. SAIF, 296 Or 145, 675 P2d 159 (1983), to consider these claims for stress-related occupational disease.

We quote the facts and testimony as related by the Court of Appeals:

“Claimant, age 54 at the time of the hearing, had been employed by Pacific Northwest Bell (PNB) for 33 years installing and…