Jentzen v. State Compensation Department

In this appeal, an injured workman asks us to overrule Dimitroff v. State Ind. Acc. Com., 209 Or 316, 306 P2d 398 (1957), and reinstate Hinkle v. State Ind. Acc. Com., 163 Or 395, 97 P2d 725 (1940), which in turn had been overruled by Dimitroff.

The workman alleged that he had sustained a permanent partial disability, and the State Compensation Department denied that his injury had left permanent sequelae. The case was tried to a jury as was the practice under the former law (superseded'by Oregon Laws 1965, ch 285). The jury found for the Commission.

The assignments of error challenge the…