Havlik v. Multnomah County

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying her stress claim. The Board concluded that claimant failed to establish that cognizable stressors were the major cause of her depression because her depression was caused, in part, by conditions “generally inherent in every working situation.” ORS 656.802(3)(b). We reverse and remand.

Claimant began working as an animal control officer at Multnomah County’s Animal Control Center in 1994. On October 16, 1997, she received a mental health evaluation and was diagnosed with major depression. The day after the…