Brown v. Liberty Northwest Insurance

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board denying compensation for his injury. He argues that the Board erred in concluding that his injury was not work-related. ORS 656.005(7)(a). 1 We affirm.

The Board found that claimant, a retail sales representative at a lumber yard, went to the lumberyard to check on a customer’s order. While he was there, another co-worker threw a glove at him, and he tossed it back. Claimant began to run toward a pile of lumber, and the co-worker ran after him. Claimant and his co-worker became entangled while jumping over a pile of lumber…