International Paper Co. v. Cress

Employer International Paper Company petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board affirming the referee’s holdings that employer and not Station House and its insurer, SAIF, is responsible for claimant’s wrist injury, and that claimant had demonstrated “good cause” for her failure to file her request for hearing within 60 days after notification of employer’s denial. ORS 656.319(1)(b).1 The only issue on review is good cause. We affirm.

Employer issued a denial of claimant’s wrist injury claim on August 14, 1986, by certified mail. Claimant was in the process of moving…