City of Portland v. Duckett

Employer seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board. The only issue is whether, under ORS 656.222, employer should be allowed to subtract from the permanent disability award in the present case the amount of a permanent disability award already paid to claimant for a previous injury to the same body part. The Board said that employer was not entitled to an offset. We affirm.

Claimant compensably injured his left knee in 1984 and was awarded 15 percent scheduled permanent disability. In 1986, he injured his left leg and back. That injury resulted in an award for 17 percent…