SAIF Corp. v. Webb

In this workers’ compensation case, SAIF seeks judicial review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order setting aside SAIF’s denial of responsibility for claimant’s right knee tricompartmental degenerative joint disease. SAIF argues that the Board erred when it assigned responsibility to SAIF under an “exception” to the presumption established in Industrial Indemnity Co. v. Kearns, 70 Or App 583, 690 P2d 1068 (1984). SAIF asserts that the Board should have applied the last injurious exposure rule to determine who was initially responsible for claimant’s condition. We review for substantial…