Bishop v. OBEC Consulting Engineers

Claimant petitions for review from a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that determined that claimant was entitled to interim compensation, ORS 656.262(2), from May 1,1992, the date that claimant notified employer of his medically verified inability to work, through December 15, 1993, the date that claimant received “actual knowledge” that insurer had denied his claim. Claimant contends that where, as here, the Board determines that the insurer never “furnished to the claimant” written notice of the denial, ORS 656.262(6)(a), the claimant’s actual knowledge of the purported denial…