Legal Opinion
Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. v. Koitzsch
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided August 26, 1998No. WCB 96-01318; CA A98570PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*496DEITS, C. J.
Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order that increased claimant’s earlier permanent partial disability (PPD) award, based on the Board’s conclusion that an intervening statutory change in the PPD rate applies retroactively to the award. We affirm.
In 1989, claimant filed a claim for an occupational disease. The Board issued an order awarding PPD to her. Claimant sought our review, contending that the Board erred in establishing the number of degrees of PPD. We reversed and remanded to the Board for reconsideration of that issue. Koitzsch v. Liberty Northwest…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Volk v. America West AirlinesCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1995
- Koitzsch v. Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1994
- Price v. SAIF Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1984
- Mendenhall v. State Accident Insurance FundCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1974
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