BIRRER v. PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP

(98-01138, 98-01097, 98-01095; CA A106163)

19 P.3d 972 (2001)

172 Or. App. 654

In the Matter of the Compensation of Corinne L. Birrer, Claimant. Corinne L. BIRRER, Petitioner, v. PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP and Johnston & Culberson, Inc., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided February 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Hooton argued the cause and filed the brief for petitioner.

Richard D. Barber, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Sheridan, Bronstein & Levine, LLP.

Before EDMONDS, Presiding Judge, and ARMSTRONG and KISTLER, Judges.


EDMONDS, P.J.

Claimant petitions for review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board that upheld both employer's denial of the continued compensability of injuries to her right and left wrists and its contemporaneous closure of the claim without an award of permanent disability. She argues that the Board improperly allowed employer to raise a ground for the denials that it did not mention in the denial letter and that it should have required a medical arbiter...

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