SAIF Corp. v. Tono

The question in this case is whether ORS 656.039(5) limits the workers’ compensation coverage available to a home care worker funded by the state on behalf of the client to only those injuries suffered by the worker while performing state-funded activities — as distinguished from those activities not funded by the state — for the client. We conclude that it does not.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises on SAIF Corporation’s (SAIF’s) petition for judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board). The pertinent facts are not disputed.1 Claimant is a home care worker within the…