Fred Meyer, Inc. v. Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan

This workers’ compensation case involves the issue of which of two employers is responsible for claimant’s occupational disease claim. ORS 656.802 - 656.807. The Board affirmed a referee’s order that found petitioner to be the responsible employer. Fred Meyer seeks judicial review of the Board’s order and order on reconsideration. We review de novo and affirm.

The parties do not dispute the referee’s findings of fact. Fred Meyer’s argument is that the medical evidence establishes that claimant’s work activities while employed by respondent Benjamin Franklin Savings and Loan aggravated or…