State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. v. Mitchell

SAIF appeals an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that affirmed the referee’s order that claimant was entitled to benefits for disability caused by mental illness arising out of his employment.1

The referee found the following facts:

“Claimant, 48 years of age, spent approximately 13 years in State and Federal prisons. He was released in 1964 and worked in food service for approximately six years before coming to Oregon in August 1971. In Oregon he worked as a car salesman and performed voluntary work motivating and securing jobs for released convicts. In April 1976 he began work…