Groshong v. Montgomery Ward Co.

In this workers’ compensation case, claimant seeks judicial review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board that reduced a referee’s permanent partial disability award from 60 percent to 35 percent. Her principal argument is that the Board erred in admitting documentary evidence offered by the employer after hearing. We reinstate the referee’s award.

Extensive repetition of the facts would not aid bench or bar. See Hoag v. Duraflake, 37 Or App 103, 585 P2d 1149, rev den 284 Or 521 (1978). Suffice it to say that claimant suffers significant impairment from a back injury suffered while in…