Mathel v. Josephine County

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that court used that term in its ordinary sense
• stating general rule that a compensable injury under ORS 656.005(7)(a) occurs with a sudden unexpected event, and an occupational disease under ORS 656.802 refers to the ongoing or gradual development of a condition of the body
• “[W]orkers make claims for accidental injuries or occupational diseases, not for the causes of those accidental injuries or occupational diseases.” (Emphasis in original.)
• classic distinction between occupational diseases and injuries is that occupational diseases are “gradual rather than sudden in onset”
• “[W]orkers make claims for accidental injuries or occupational diseases, not for the causes of those accidental injuries or occupational diseases.” (Emphasis in original.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).