City of Eugene v. McDermed

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (board) order awarding claimant police lieutenant compensation for injuries that she suffered when a motorist struck her as she walked across the street from her office to get a cup of coffee. Employer asserts that the board erred in determining that claimant’s injuries occurred “in the course of’ and “arose out of’ her employment. ORS 656.005(7)(a).1 We affirm for reasons amplified below.

We state the relevant facts consistently with the board’s findings. Claimant was a police lieutenant for the City of Eugene, who at the time of the…