State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Carey

SAIF petitions for reconsideration of this court’s prior decision affirming without opinion a determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board that SAIF is responsible for claimant’s hearing loss claim. 61 Or App 296, 656 P2d 964 (1983). We grant the petition to explain our choice of the date of disability, and again affirm.

All of the medical reports in this case establish that claimant has a substantial hearing loss and strongly indicate that it is attributable to “continuous noise exposure in an employment field.” Accordingly, the only issue is whether SAIF, as the insurer of the last…