Mendoza v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. The Board found that claimant had not established good cause for an untimely filing of a request for hearing from a responsibility denial. We review for errors of law, ORS 183.482(8), and affirm.

The issue is whether claimant established good cause under ORS GSe.SlEKlXb), 1 by proving that his attorney gave two timely directives to his legal assistant to file a request for hearing, but she failed to do so. The Board found these facts: Claimant was consecutively employed by two employers. The first employer was insured…