Lederer v. Viking Freight, Inc.

In this workers’ compensation case, the Workers’ Compensation Board (the board) (1) declined to award temporary disability benefits, finding that claimant’s attending physician had not “authorized” temporary disability for the time period in question, ORS 656.262(4)(a), 1 and (2) denied claimant’s request for penalties and attorney fees for the self-insured employer’s allegedly unreasonable claim processing. Claimant seeks judicial review of the board’s order. At issue is the board’s standard of review of an insurer’s or self-insured employer’s determination regarding the authorization of…