Liberty Northwest Insurance v. Shotthafer

Liberty Northwest Insurance Corporation (Liberty Northwest) and its insured, Brookings Harbor High School, petition for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that determined that claimant’s mental disorder was compensable. We review for errors of law and for substantial evidence. ORS 183.482(8). Because the Board erroneously held that a letter to claimant from her supervisor was not a “disciplinary, corrective or job performance evaluation action,” ORS 656.802(3)(b),1 we reverse and remand for reconsideration.

We summarize the facts from the Board’s order and from the record.…