Fulop v. Oregonian Publishing Co.

In this workman’s compensation appeal, the hearing officer found and the Workmen’s Compensation Board and circuit court agreed that claimant had not established “good cause” for failing to request a hearing within 60 days of denial of the claim by the alleged employer as required by ORS 656.319(2) (a).①

The alleged employer denied the claim in a letter received by claimant’s counsel on November 4, 1970, and received by claimant sometime in December 1970.② *3Claimant’s counsel, on Ms own initiative, then filed a request for a hearing on March 30, 1971, more than 140 days after receipt by him of…