GORECKI v. BARKER MFG. CO.


574 P.2d 348 (1978)

32 Or.App. 451

In the matter of the Compensation of Egon GORECKI, Claimant, Respondent, v. BARKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 7, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ridgway K. Foley, Jr., Portland, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ancer L. Haggerty, Roger A. Luedtke and Souther, Spaulding, Kinsey, Williamson & Schwabe, Portland.

Philip F. Schuster, II, Portland, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was R.W. Kitson, Portland.

Before SCHWAB, C.J., and JOHNSON, GILLETTE and ROBERTS, JJ.


JOHNSON, Judge.

This is an appeal from a Workers' Compensation Board order determining that claimant's back injury was compensable. Claimant testified that while assisting another employe in lifting a nine-drawer dresser weighing an estimated 900 pounds, the dresser fell on his toe, injuring his toe and back.1 The sole issue is whether this alleged industrial accident ever occurred. The referee concluded that claimant's testimony was not...

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