HOWARD v. STATE ACC. INS. FUND

No. 77-317E; CA 10719.

584 P.2d 325 (1978)

36 Or.App. 205

In the matter of the Compensation of Ruth M. HOWARD, Claimant, Appellant, v. STATE Accident Insurance Fund, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam A. McKeen, Klamath Falls, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.

Brian L. Pocock, Associate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Legal Division, Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Keith R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, and James A. Blevins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Legal Division, Salem, and W.D. Bates, Jr., Associate Counsel, State Acc. Ins. Fund, Legal Division, Eugene.

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


THORNTON, Judge.

Claimant appeals from an order of the circuit court which affirmed an order of the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) denying claimant's claim for an aggravation of a prior industrial injury.

The issue is whether claimant suffered an aggravation of her prior injury, and, if so, the extent of her present disability.

The chronology of events is as follows:

Claimant suffered a compensable injury to her right knee on February...

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