Fred Shearer & Sons v. Stern

Employer and EBI seek review of a Board order which held that EBI, and not SAIF, is responsible for claimant’s compensable injury.

EBI initially accepted a new injury claim filed on February 28, 1983, and paid claimant time loss for the short period of time for which he was entitled to it. On May 26,1983, it denied the claim retroactively, having determined that the injury was an aggravation of an earlier injury for which SAIF was responsible. Within six days of the denial, EBI requested the Workers’ Compensation Department to issue an order designating a paying agent under ORS 656.307.1 The…