Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Hagebush

Petitioner Weyerhaeuser Company (Weyerhaeuser) seeks judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order concluding that Weyerhaeuser, rather than claimant’s later employer Eugene Sand & Gravel (ES&G), is responsible for claimant’s right carpal tunnel syndrome. We review the board’s legal conclusions for errors of law and the board’s factual findings for substantial evidence. ORS 183.482(7) and (8); ORS 656.298(7). We reverse and remand for reconsideration.

The following facts are taken from the administrative law judge’s (ALJ’s) order. Claimant began working at Weyerhaeuser in 1973 as a…