Saif Corp. v. Moe

SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) holding that decedent was a subject Oregon worker at the time he sustained a fatal injury in Montana and that his widow was therefore entitled to survivor benefits. ORS 656.126(1). We affirm.

Decedent was killed in a logging accident while working for Jet Logging, Inc. (employer) in Montana on September 2, 1992. Employer is a small, family-owned Oregon logging company that hired decedent in 1989. Employer had a contract to perform work in Oregon until March 1992, when the Oregon company with which employer had contracted…