Morgan v. Stimson Lumber Co.

The Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed and adopted as its own an order of its referee that the defendant employer pay a penalty and attorney fees after the employer failed to comply with a Board rule, OAR 436-83-460:

"Upon demand of any claimant requesting a hearing, the DRE/SAIF and its representatives shall within 15 days of mailing said demand furnish to claimant or his representative, without cost, copies of all medical and vocational reports and other documents relevant and material to the claim which are then or come to be in the possession of the DRE/SAIF or its representatives,…