Adams v. Gilbert Tow Service

Claimant appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that upheld the referee’s determination that claimant’s myocardial infarction is not a compensable injury. We reverse.

Claimant, age 49, was a tow truck driver for employer for approximately three years. He worked six days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and every other Sunday. He was also required regularly to respond to night calls. About midday on March 25,1981, he received a call to tow a wrecked truck from the 1-5 freeway in Portland. Under his employer’s contract with the police, he had to reach the vehicle within 30 minutes of…