Johnson v. City of Salem

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order, arguing that he was entitled to testify and submit other evidence at the hearing on his claim for permanent total disability. When the board issued its order, the Supreme Court had not yet decided Koskela v. Willamette Industries, Inc., 331 Or 362, 15 P3d 548 (2000). In rejecting claimant’s position, the board expressly relied on our decision in that case. See Koskela v. Willamette Industries, Inc., 159 Or App 229, 978 P2d 1018 (1999). Also, when the board issued its order, we had not yet decided Everett v. SAIF, 179 Or App 112, 38…