Weiland v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reversed the referee and held that claimant’s occupational disease was not caused by his employment at Lane County. He further appeals the Board’s affirmance of the referee’s holding that he had not timely filed his claim against Linn County. We hold that the Board erred in the first holding and reverse.

Claimant seeks compensation for transient visual loss and migraine headaches, which he claims are an occupational disease caused by anxiety and stress in his employment. He became employed as a law enforcement officer in 1961.…