CERVANTES v. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INS. CORP.

02-09478; A125495.

134 P.3d 1033 (2006)

205 Or. App. 316

In the Matter of the Compensation of Tony Cervantes, Jr., Claimant. Tony CERVANTES, Jr., Petitioner, v. LIBERTY NORTHWEST INSURANCE CORPORATION and Collins Pine Co. LLC., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Oregon.

Decided April 26, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Webber, Medford, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Black, Chapman, Webber, Stevens & Petersen.

David O. Wilson argued the cause and filed the brief for respondents.

Before HASELTON, Presiding Judge, and ORTEGA, JUDGE, and DEITS, Judge Pro Tempore.


DEITS, J. Pro Tempore.

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers' Compensation Board (board), which denied claimant's request for attorney fees. ORS 656.386(1); ORS 656.298 (2003), amended by Or. Laws 2005, ch. 188, § 3. We reverse and remand.

In August 2002, claimant filed a workers' compensation claim for a left groin pain. After an initial medical report indicated that claimant's injury could be a left inguinal hernia, insurer issued...

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