Croman Corp. v. Serrano

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order in which the Board set aside employer’s denial of claimant’s claim as an impermissible preclosure denial of medical treatment. We review for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 183.482(7) and (8), and affirm.

In October 1994, claimant injured his back and left shoulder and suffered a cervical strain from a fall at work. Employer accepted the claim as a disabling injury and specified the accepted conditions as: “[c]ervical contusion and left shoulder, cervical/back strain.” Sometime thereafter, employer concluded that…