Halsey Shedd RFPD v. Leopard

Employer seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board (board) order awarding compensation to claimant for an injury he suffered while on stand-by duty as a volunteer firefighter. The sole issue presented is whether the board correctly determined that claimant’s injury, which he sustained when he fell in his driveway while walking toward an employer-provided vehicle, arose out of and in the course of employment. ORS 656.005(7)(a). We reverse and remand.

We quote the undisputed facts as found by the AU and adopted by the board:

“Claimant began working for the Halsey Shedd Rural Fire District in…