Reed v. Labor Force

Claimant seeks reconsideration of our decision in Reed v. Labor Force of Oregon, 155 Or App 595, 964 P2d 298 (1998), in which we held that claimant was not entitled to temporary disability payments for the period between November 1, 1995, and March 12, 1996. Claimant contends that the proper disposition of the case would have been to “remand [it] so that the insurer can undertake to fulfill its legal obligation to verify and document temporary disability authorization.”

Before the Board, claimant argued only that insurer should be required to pay temporary time-loss benefits as a penalty for…