Court Applies Rule From Brown to Uphold Termination of Worker's Benefits

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a carrier was entitled to terminate its payment of benefits to an injured worker once his work-related back injury ceased being the major contributing cause of his disability. Case: Evans v. SAIF, No. 224, 05/10/2017, published. Facts: Robert Evans injured his back while at work in February 2013. His employer had comp coverage with SAIF Corp., and SAIF accepted liability for a lumbar strain. SAIF later amended its acceptance to identify Evans’ compensable disability as the product of a lumbar strain, combined with his pre-existing lumbar spondylo...