Sather v. Saif Corp.

The question before us in this workers’ compensation case is whether, under ORS 656.218(3) and (5), 1 claimant’s estate is authorized to pursue a request for hearing seeking an award of permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits that claimant filed before his death, when the cause of his death was unrelated to the work injury. The Court of Appeals held that claimant’s estate, through his personal representative, was not authorized to pursue the claim to final determination under ORS 656.218 (3) on the grounds that (1) the estate is not one of the “persons” described in ORS 656.218(5), and…