Worker Gets new Hearing on Claim for alleged compensable Consequence Injuries

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that a worker is entitled to a new hearing on whether his injuries from a 2011 fall were the compensable consequence of a prior industrial injury to his knee. Case: English v. Liberty Northwest Insurance Corp., No. 222, 05/13/2015, published. Facts: John English injured his left knee while at work in 2010. His employer accepted liability for a nondisabling left knee medial hamstring strain and a left knee lateral compartment contusion. About one year later, English fell while stepping down from a deck. He claimed his fall was caused by his knee buckling and...