Friesen v. Gould, Inc.

This workmen’s compensation case attempts to pose the question whether an emotional condition caused by frustration with one’s job and job supervisor is the kind of condition contemplated by the Workmen’s Compensation Act as an occupational disease or an accidental injury. A threshold question, however, is whether the disability complained of arose out of and in the course of claimant’s employment.

Claimant is a 34-year-old divorced mother with three young daughters, who was employed for approximately six years at Gould, Inc., Salem, doing bookkeeping and clerical work in the Salem office of…