Paresi v. State Accident Insurance Fund

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks temporary total disability benefits for an emotional disability. The State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) denied the claim. The Workers’ Compensation Board adopted the opinion of the referee, which held the claim was compensable. SAIF appeals. In James v. SAIF, 44 Or App 405, 605 P2d 1368 (1980), we discussed the compensability of emotional disabilities. Many of the contentions advanced by SAIF in this case were answered in James. The remaining issue is factual: whether claimant has established that her disability arose out of and in the…