Knapp v. Weyerhaeuser Co.

BÜTTLER, P. J.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks review of the Board’s order affirming the referee’s determination that employer’s letter to claimant dated November 22, 1985, was a permissible “back-up denial” of compensation, see Bauman v. SAIF, 295 Or 788, 670 P2d 1027 (1983), and that claimant did not have good cause for failing to request a hearing within 60 days of that denial.

From January to September, 1983, while working for employer, claimant experienced back pain and saw Dr. Bert for treatment and medication. In September, she was laid off from her job for reasons…