Bowman v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order awarding assessed attorney fees under ORS 656.386(l)(a), which requires an award of “a reasonable attorney fee” in “cases involving denied claims where an attorney is instrumental in obtaining a rescission of the denial.” Here, an attorney fee of $6,000 was awarded after SAIF Corporation rescinded its denial of the claim shortly before the scheduled hearing on claimant’s challenge to that denial. Claimant argues, among other things, that the board erred in limiting its consideration of the attorney fee award to work counsel…