Hobson v. Ore Dressing, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of the Board’s denial of a claim for benefits arising out of claimant’s injury in California. The Board adopted the referee’s opinion, which held that claimant was not a covered worker, because he did not work for an Oregon employer covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act. We affirm.

Claimant is the president and a 50 percent shareholder of an Oregon corporation known as Ore Dressing, Inc. Before their move to California in 1983, claimant and his wife operated the business out of their Oregon home. Ore Dressing was originally formed in…