# SAIF Corp. v. Vinson

> Court of Appeals of Oregon · January 5, 1994 · 125 Or. App. 684

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6941235

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of the Compensation of Darrell W. Vinson, SAIF CORPORATION and DeJong Products, Inc. v. Darrell W. VINSON, Crawford & Company and J & E Keister
- **Court:** Court of Appeals of Oregon
- **Decided:** January 5, 1994
- **Citations:** 125 Or. App. 684; 866 P.2d 522; 1994 Ore. App. LEXIS 15
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Deits, Durham, Riggs
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM
SAIF seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board holding that claimant had suffered a new compensable injury that shifted responsibility for his injury from his first employer, Crawford & Company, to SAIF’s insured, DeJong Products. SAIF argues that the Board erred in failing to apply the major contributing cause standard of ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B) to the responsibility dispute under ORS 656.308(1).
Here, the Board found that claimant’s accidental injury at SAIF’s insured was a material contributing cause of his need for treatment and disability, and, on the basis of that finding, held that responsibility had shifted from the first employer to SAIF’s insured. Under the Supreme Court’s holding in SAIF v. Drews, 318 Or 1, 9 , 860 P2d 254 (1993), the first employer remains responsible unless the claimant has suffered a new injury that is the major contributing cause of the need for treatment. ORS 656.005(7)(a)(B); ORS 656.308(1). We reverse the Board’s order and remand for reconsideration in the light of SAIF v. Drews, supra.
Reversed and remanded for reconsideration.

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