Garbutt v. SAIF Corp.

Before 1973, ORS 656.271 contained the jurisdictional requirement that when a claim for aggravation was filed it “must be supported by a written opinion from a physician that there are reasonable grounds for the claim.” The requirement of a “written opinion from a physician” as a condition to filing a claim for worsening is to be distinguished from the rule that “where injuries complained of are of such character as to require skilled and professional persons to determine the cause and extent thereof, the question is one of science and must necessarily be determined by testimony of skilled,…