Higgins v. Medical Research Foundation

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) which held that claimant’s occupational disease claim was not timely filed. The referee had found that claimant gave the employer actual notice of the claim and that the claim was compensable. Employer contends that the claim was not timely and in the alternative, if timely filed, it is not compensable. The Board did not address the compensability issue in its order.

ORS 656.807 provides, in relevant part:

"(1) * * * [A]ll occupational disease claims shall be void unless a claim is filed with the * * * direct…