Sekermestrovich v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The issue in this workmen’s compensation case is whether claimant’s reliance upon her attorney to file a timely request for a hearing following denial of her compensation claim constitutes good cause, under ORS 656.319,1 for delay in filing that request.

The State Accident Insurance Fund notified claimant on June 25, 1974, that her claim was denied and advised her that she could request a hearing but that failure to do so within 60 days would foreclose her right to object to the denial. Claimant read the notice of her hearing rights. Within four days thereafter she consulted an attorney and…