Talley v. BCI Coca Cola Bottling

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board (board) dismissing for lack of jurisdiction his request for hearing concerning employer’s notice of closure, which employer issued after claimant’s certified vocational counselor terminated claimant’s authorized training program (ATP) for lack of cooperation. Because we conclude that the board’s Hearings Division had jurisdiction to consider claimant’s request for hearing as a “matter concerning a claim,” ORS 656.283(1),1 we reverse and remand.

Claimant injured his back in 1977 while working for employer’s predecessor. He…