Livesay v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

This is an appeal from a Workers’ Compensation Board decision affirming the order of the referee which granted claimant compensation equal to 90 degrees for 60 percent loss of his right leg and 240 degrees for 75 percent unscheduled disability for injury to his left hip and right shoulder. The only issue on appeal is whether claimant is permanently and totally disabled. We review de novo. ORS 656.298.

Claimant is 43 years old and has a seventh grade education. He has no special skills or trade and has worked as a timber feller since 1961. He has always been a laborer; he has never held a…