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WICK v. STATE ACC. INS.

WCB No. 75-1827; CA 10961.

587 P.2d 477 (1978)

37 Or.App. 285

Compensation of Wendall P. WICK, Claimant, Petitioner, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided December 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William N. Kent, Eugene, argued the cause for petitioner. On the briefs was Gary K. Jensen, P.C., Eugene.

Earl M. Preston, Associate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Legal Division, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Keith R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Legal Division, Salem.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and THORNTON and TANZER, JJ.

THORNTON, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) affirming the denial by the hearing referee of his claim for worker's compensation on account of a heart condition. He assigns as error the Board's conclusion that he failed to meet his burden of proof that the condition was compensable.

Claimant is a fireman for the city of Eugene who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery in 1974 necessitated by arteriosclerotic...

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