Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Kathleen Climer & Kinney Shoe Co.

Claimant, the prevailing party in Climer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 171 Or App 77, 14 P3d 648 (2000), petitions for an award of attorney fees. The issue for decision is whether claimant is entitled to an award of attorney fees on review in this court under ORS 656.382(2).1 For the reasons explained below, we overrule employer Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.’s, objections to the petition and award claimant attorney fees in the sum of $6,747.

In 1992, claimant suffered right hip and low back strains when she fell off a ladder while working for Kinney Shoe Corporation (Kinney). Kinney’s workers’…