Roberts v. Willamette Industries

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order which affirmed the referee’s determination that a disputed claim settlement executed by claimant and the insurer should not be set aside. ORS 656.289(4)1 allows the resolution of a claim by way of a disputed claim settlement when there is a bona fide dispute as to compensability. Claimant, contends that there was no bona fide dispute as to the compensability of his claim and that the settlement should therefore be set aside.

Claimant sustained a back injury in November, 1977, when he slipped and fell while working for employer as a…