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| Case Name | Richard G. Pruitt v. SAIF Corp. and Copenhagen Inc. | |
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| Date | 12/03/2008 | |
| Note | The Workers' Compensation Board properly applied the last injurious exposure rule to an occupational disease claim and correctly assigned liability to a claimant's current employer, even though previous industrial accidents with different employers had contributed to the injury. | |
| Citation | A133993 | |
| WCC Citation | WCC 882008 OR |
n re Compensation of Pruitt, No. A133993 (Or. App. 12/03/2008) IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OREGON No. A133993 December 3, 2008 IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPENSATION OF RICHARD G. PRUITT, CLAIMANT. WASTE MANAGEMENT, PETITIONER, v. RICHARD G. PRUITT, SAIF CORPORATION AND COPENHAGEN, INC. , RESPONDENTS. Brian L. Welch and Welch, Bruun & Green filed the brief for respondent Richard G. Pruitt. Claimant filed an occupational disease claim for degenerative arthritis of the left knee with SAIF and with WM. The board held that, as the insurer responsible for the first injury, SAIF was responsible for the claimant's consequential condition.
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