Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. v. Vasquez

Insurer seeks review of an order of the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services that approved claimant’s request to change his attending physician. The only issue on review is whether the director’s order complies with ORS 656.245(2)(a). 1 We review the director’s final order for substantial evidence and errors of law, ORS 183.482(7), (8), and affirm.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury in 1989 when a mobile home wall weighing more than 400 pounds fell on him. The parties stipulated that claimant had exceeded his three statutory choices of an attending physician under…