SAIF Corporation v. Wheeler

SAIF Corporation (SAIF) seeks review of the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Own Motion Order on Reconsideration and a remand for further proceedings.

SAIF requested the Board to consider terminating claimant’s permanent total disability award for injuries predating 1966. The Board held that it lacked jurisdiction to reevaluate the award under ORS 656.278.1 It reasoned that ORS 656.278(l)(b) expressly permits it only to authorize payment of medical benefits for pre-1966 injuries, in addition to temporary disability compensation provided for in subsection (l)(a). The Board found no express…