Snyder v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant petitions for review of a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. ORS 656.298(1). The issue before us is whether claimant is entitled to a penalty and attorney fees under ORS 656.262(11) on the ground that SAIF Corporation “unreasonably delay [ed] * * * to pay compensation” when it initially closed claimant’s claim for the accepted condition of central cord syndrome without an award of impairment. SAIF did so even though claimant had undergone a spinal surgery that, under the applicable administrative rules, resulted in impairment as a matter of law—an error that SAIF later…