Oregon Supreme Court· 12/9/2010

Hopkins v. SAIF Corp.

Citations

245 P.3d 90
349 Or. 348

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explaining that a “combined condition is compensable only if the compen- sable injury is the major contributing cause of the disabil- ity or need for treatment”
interpreting the statutory term “arthritis” using Webster’s Third New Int’l Dictionary and medical dictionaries that were in use when the statutory provision was enacted
describing a \compensable injury\ as proven by a \material contributing cause\ standard
“To establish a ‘compensable injury,’ the worker must prove that a work-related injury is a material contributing cause of a disability or need for treatment.”
“Whether one expert is more persuasive than another in a particular case can be important in resolving a factual question; it cannot, however, determine the legal meaning of a statutory term.”
“To establish a 'compensable injury,’ the worker must prove that a work-related injury is a material contributing cause of a disability or need for treatment.”

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Judges: De Muniz, Gillette, Durham, Balmer, Walters, Kistler

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