Duran v. SAIF Corp.

Claimant seeks review of a Workers’ Compensation Board order affirming the referee’s determination that she did not suffer a compensable mental disorder caused by stress associated with her employment. On de novo review, we reverse.

Claimant is employed as a counselor by the Salem Housing Authority. On January 28,1985, she slipped on ice in the Housing Authority’s parking lot and sustained a compen-sable injury to her right hip and left wrist. About the same time, she became involved in a dispute with her immediate supervisor over vacation time. The dispute arose when claimant requested…