Paresi v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is another of the cases in which a claim for Workers’ Compensation benefits is made for temporary total disability caused by mental illness allegedly arising out of claimant’s employment. 44 Or App 589, 606 P2d 1171 (1980).

The plaintiff is a 26-year-old woman who worked as a liquor control officer for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC). She worked there for about a year when she was unable to continue because of her mental condition. She later went back to work but to another shift with other supervisors and she has worked since.

Claimant was of the opinion that some OLCC…