Colvin v. Industrial Indemnity

This is a workers’ compensation case in which claimant seeks benefits for injuries that occurred at a picnic sponsored by the law firm for which she worked. Both the Workers’ Compensation Board (Board) and the Court of Appeals denied her benefits on the ground that her notice of claim was untimely. She seeks both reversal of the Court of Appeals interpretation of the knowledge requirement stated in ORS 656.265(4) (a) 1 and remand to the Court of Appeals to determine whether respondent was prejudiced by her untimely notice. We agree that the Court of Appeals misinterpreted ORS 656.265(4)(a)…