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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF BALES

No. 80-03397; CA A23327.

646 P.2d 83 (1982)

57 Or.App. 621

In the matter of the Compensation of Orville A. Bales, Claimant. Orville A. Bales, Petitioner, v. SAIF CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided June 9, 1982.

Reconsideration Denied July 8, 1982.

Review Allowed August 3, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benton Flaxel, North Bend, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Flaxel, Todd & Nylander, North Bend.

Darrell E. Bewley, Appellate Counsel, State Accident Ins. Fund Corp., Salem, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.

Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.

BUTTLER, Presiding Judge.

Claimant appeals from a determination by the Workers' Compensation Board (Board) affirming the referee's order denying this claim for benefits for a myocardial infarction he sustained on March 3, 1980. Finding the heart attack to be compensable, we reverse and remand.

At the time of the incident, claimant was 55 years old. He was employed by Coos Head Timber Company. For most of the previous six years claimant's job as "planer feeder...

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