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MATTER OF COMPENSATION OF ROBINETTE

(SC S068207).

511 P.3d 1074 (2022)

369 Or. 767

In the MATTER OF the COMPENSATION OF Theresa M. ROBINETTE, Claimant. Theresa M. Robinette, Respondent on Review, v. SAIF Corporation and HCW Clients-Oregon Homecare Commission, Petitioners on Review.

Supreme Court of Oregon.

June 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Walker, Appellate Counsel, SAIF Corporation, argued the cause and filed the briefs for petitioners on review.

Jodie Phillips Polich, Law Offices of Jodie Anne Phillips Polich, PC, Milwaukie, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent on review.

Rebecca A. Watkins, Sather Byerly & Holloway, LLP, Portland, filed the brief for amici curiae Oregon Business & Industry and Providence Health & Services.

Sommer E. Tolleson, Tolleson Conratt Nielsen Maher & Replogle LLP, Tigard, filed the brief for amicus curiae Associated General Contractors — Oregon Columbia.

Julene M. Quinn, Portland, filed the brief for amicus curiae Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.

Before Walters, Chief Justice, and Balmer, Flynn, Duncan, Nelson, Garrett, Justices, and Nakamoto, Senior Judge, Justice pro tempore.

The dispute in this workers' compensation case provides this court with another opportunity to address the meaning of the word "impairment" within the context of the workers' compensation statutory structure. Under ORS 656.214, impairment is defined as "the loss of use or function of a body part or system due to the compensable industrial...

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