Legal Opinion
Hewitt v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided October 26, 1981No. WCB No. 79-7248, CA 19548PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarden, J.
Petitioner appeals the Workers’ Compensation Board’s Order which denied his claim for benefits pursuant to ORS 656.226.1
Petitioner and Marian Williams were unmarried cohabitants from 1974 until Marian Williams’ death on May 20, 1979, from a compensable industrial accident. Petitioner is the father of Ms. Williams’ child. A joint declaration of paternity was filed by petitioner and Ms. Williams with the Vital Statistics Section of the Oregon State Health Division. The child is a recipient of benefits under ORS 656.226 as a result of Ms. Williams’ injury and death.2
The parties do not dispute…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Weinberger v. WiesenfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Hewitt v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1982
- Hewitt v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.Oregon Supreme Court · 1982
- Tevepaugh v. SAIF Corp.Court of Appeals of Oregon · 1986