Cervantes v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.

DEITS, J. pro tempore

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) which denied claimant’s request for attorney fees. ORS 656.386(1); ORS 656.298 (2003), amended by Or Laws 2005, ch 188, § 3. We reverse and remand.

In August 2002, claimant filed a workers’ compensation claim for a left groin pain. After an initial medical report indicated that claimant’s injury could be a left inguinal hernia, insurer issued a notice of acceptance in October 2002, listing as the accepted condition a nondisabling “left inguinal hernia.” Later in October, claimant underwent a…