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McGILL v. SAIF

82-01436; CA A34480.

724 P.2d 905 (1986)

81 Or. App. 210

In the Matter of the Compensation of Betty McGill, a Beneficiary of Clinton S. McGill (Deceased), Claimant. Betty McGILL, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND CORPORATION, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided September 10, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Gary McClain, Milwaukie, argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Donna Parton Garaventa, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With her on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and James E. Mountain, Jr., Sol. Gen., Salem.

Before RICHARDSON, P.J., and WARDEN and NEWMAN, JJ.

WARDEN, Judge.

Petitioner seeks review of a Workers' Compensation Board order which denied her benefits for her husband's death by suicide, because the decedent had "deliberately intended" his death. ORS 656.156(1). We reverse.

The facts are undisputed and are set out in the Board's order:

"The decedent was a respected physician in the Portland medical community. In the course of his specialty as a diagnostic internist he developed an expertise at...

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