Romero v. State Compensation Department

This is an appeal by the State Compensation Department from a judgment of the circuit court increasing the compensation award to an injured workman above that allowed by the Workmen’s Compensation Board.

Plaintiff was injured when a tractor which he was operating passed over a pile of rocks throwing him to the ground and causing an injury to his back. He filed a claim for an industrial accident and was awarded permanent partial disability for an unscheduled injury equivalent to 20% loss of function of an arm. Plaintiff made a request to the Workmen’s Compensation Board for a hearing under ORS…