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BRIGGS v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND

No. 76-594-E; CA 11117.

585 P.2d 719 (1978)

36 Or.App. 709

In the matter of the Compensation of Vera Mae BRIGGS, Claimant, Respondent, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided October 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Bates, Jr., Eugene, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were K.R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, Salem.

David R. Vandenberg, Jr., Klamath Falls, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

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

TANZER, Judge.

This is an appeal by the State Accident Insurance Fund from a circuit court order finding claimant to be permanently totally disabled. The referee had also so found, but the Workers' Compensation Board had reduced the award to 30 percent unscheduled low back disability.

On October 24, 1974, claimant, then a 61-year-old assistant cook in a school cafeteria, suffered sudden low back pain when rising from a stooped position while removing a pan...

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