Batdorf v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp.

Claimant appeals a determination by the Workers’ Compensation Board, affirming the referee’s order, that an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) was not compensably related to his employment. On de novo review, we reverse.

Claimant must establish both legal and medical causation in order to prove a compensable heart attack. Coday v. Willamette Tug and Barge, 250 Or 39, 49, 440 P2d 224 (1968); Foley v. SAIF, 29 Or App 151, 156, 562 P2d 593 (1977). In Williams v. Burns Int'l Security, 36 Or App 769, 778, 585 P2d 734 (1978), we noted that the cases have exhibited "confusion in determining…