In a case handled by Garrow Law, the claimant is to receive a work disability award because he has not returned to his regular “at-injury” job. The claimant did not receive work disability because the employer’s job analysis did not not accurately describe all the duties of his job at injury. Affidavits from the claimant…
Q: Last year I was hurt on the job and I have been unable to return to work. The insurance claims adjuster called me about settling my claim. How do I know if I am getting a good deal? A: Injured workers have the option of settling their claim for future benefits. The amount of…
In a recent case decided by the Workers’ Compensation Board, an injured worker was awarded additional money for permanent disability because the workers’ compensation insurance company misapplied the law and failed to award the proper amount of disability benefits. The injured worker was also entitled to a penalty (in this case, an additional 25% of…
Here is some new news about traveling employees. The worker’s injury happened when he was struck by a motor vehicle after he got out of his employer’s truck, at the driver’s suggestion, to cross a highway to walk to a convenience store to get a beverage and cigarettes while the truck was getting gas. The…
In a recent decision, the Worker’s Compensation Board disagreed with a reduction in an injured worker’s disability award. A Medical Arbiter, appointed to evaluate a worker’s permanent disability, had reduced the injured worker’s award because he thought that 50% of the worker’s reduced range of motion was due to a preexisting condition. Oregon law states that when an injured worker…
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation law has very strict time limits for appealing insurance company denials. Injured workers who do not file timely appeals can lose all their rights and benefits. The insurance companies must also follow the rules. In a recent ruling, the Workers’ Compensation Board said that an injured worker’s request for hearing was timely even though…
Thanks to the efforts of the Garrow Law firm, the court has issued a more important decision helping injured workers: In SAIF v. Camarena, 264 Or App 400 (2014),SAIF claimed the injured worker was not entitled to have his claim reopened for his back strain. The claim had been closed for more than 5 years so…
There has been some good news for workers from the Court of Appeals this year: In Brown v. SAIF, 262 Or App 640 (2014), the Court held that an “otherwise compensable injury” is not defined by what conditions the insurer has accepted, but is rather “the work injury resulting from the work accident that caused…
In a recent case, the Workers’ Compensation Board held that, because the insurance company had reopened the injured worker’s claim for both a new medical condition and an aggravation of a previously accepted condition, the worker was entitled to have both conditions rated for permanent disability when the claim was closed. This resulted in a greater disability award for the…
The Workers’ Compensation Board held recently that when a home-care worker told her employer that she was in the motor vehicle accident (MVA) on her way home, after finishing work, her claim was not compensable. She told her boss some 6 months later that she had actually been in the MVA on her way to…
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