Saif Corp. v. Thompson

The decision of the Court of Appeals is reversed. The order of the Workers’ Compensation Board is affirmed.

KISTLER, J.

The question in this workers’ compensation case is how a statutory presumption, colloquially known as the “firefighters’ presumption,” applies. See ORS 656.802(4) (stating that presumption). In this case, no one disputes that claimant proved the predicate facts, which gave rise to a presumption that his heart attack “result [ed] from” his work as a firefighter and thus was an occupational disease. See id. No one also appears to dispute that the effect of the presumption was to…