Maddox v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

After our remand of this case, 51 Or App 2, 624 P2d 643 (1981), for reconsideration in light of the Supreme Court’s decision'in James v. SAIF, 290 Or 343, 624 P2d 565 (1981), the Workers’ Compensation Board, reversing the referee’s original opinion and order of January 31, 1978, ruled that claimant’s depressive disorder was not compensable. The Board based its conclusion on a rule it articulated in Harry McGarrah, WCB Case No. 79-05440 (1981). We have rejected the application of that rule in that case. McGarrah v. SAIF, 59 Or App 448, 651 P2d 153 (1982). We conclude, as in McGarrah v. SAIF,…