Francoeur v. State Accident Insurance Fund

This is an appeal by claimant involving the alleged failure of the State Accident Insurance Fund (Fund) to comply in certain respects with, an amended opinion and order of a hearings referee, which this court affirmed as modified in Francoeur v. SAIF, 17 Or App 37, 520 P2d 477, Sup Ct review denied (1974).

In the present proceedings the referee found that the Fund had failed to make certain payments required by the previous order and that the Fund had unreasonably delayed or resisted or refused payment for several items, on which a penalty of 25 percent was imposed pursuant to ORS 656.262(8).…