WCD Adopts Final Rules in Reaction to Brown v. SAIF Decision

Permanent rules that were proposed after the Oregon Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. SAIF will take effect on Oct. 8, the Workers’ Compensation Division announced Friday. The high court ruled in April that an “otherwise compensable injury” encompasses only the conditions that the employer or insurer accepted as compensable. The decision allowed SAIF Corp. to terminate benefits to truck driver Royce Brown for a lumbar strain even though Brown alleged that he remained disabled because the work injury had exacerbated his pre-existing back condition.  The Supreme C...