State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Gygi

My review of this record convinces me that claimant has not established by a preponderance of the evidence that his alcoholism and physical and mental breakdown constituted a compensable occupational disease arising out of and in the course and scope of his employment. Contrary to the view of the evidence taken by the majority, the evidence persuades me that claimant’s condition did not result from on-the-job stress.

Unlike the claimants in James v. SAIF, 290 Or 343, 624 P2d 565 (1981), and Paresi v. SAIF, 290 Or 365, 624 P2d 572 (1981), which the majority relies upon, this claimant for the…