Jordan v. SAIF Corp.

This case concerns the scope of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s (board) power under its “own motion” authority, pursuant to ORS 656.278. Specifically, we must determine whether the board’s own-motion authority includes the power to suspend temporary disability payments when a claimant fails to comply with the physical therapy recommendations of his treating physician. Because the own-motion statutory provision does not explicitly list suspension among the powers granted to the board, and because another provision of the workers’ compensation scheme governs suspension specifically, we…