Logue v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The focal issue in this workers’ compensation case is whether this claim was closed before claimant was "medically stationary.” ORS 656.268 (1).1 Claimant argues that his claim was closed prematurely and that it should be reopened. We agree.

Claimant suffered a compensable injury in 1976 when he was working in a ditch which caved in. Claimant and some pipe that he had been carrying both fell and, during the fall, the pipe hit claimant, injuring his neck and an ankle.

Despite medical treatment, claimant’s neck injury persisted. The treating neurosurgeon, Dr. Harris, suspected that claimant had…