Brown v. EBI Companies

*457LINDE, J.

Petitioner’s claim for workers’ compensation was denied by her employer, and the denial was affirmed by the Workers’ Compensation Board on the ground that she had not requested a hearing within the time prescribed by ORS 656.319(1) as construed in this court’s opinion in Sekermestrovich v. SAIF, 280 Or 723, 573 P2d 275 (1977). The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion, 44 Or App 1, 604 P2d 461 (1980). We allowed review to examine whether the Board and the Court of Appeals had unduly extended the principle of the Sekermestrovich case. We hold that they did.

ORS 656.319(1) provides:

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