Author: Katerina Wolfe
Oregon Workers’ Compensation End of Year Wrap Up: Let’s End on a High Note!
We welcomed 2024 with a slew of changes to the Oregon Revised Statutes and Oregon Administrative rules on Workers’ Compensation that impact and change how we process claims. As the year evolved, additional requirements came into effect. We at SBH Legal want all of our clients to be successful in…
New Rules Impacting MCO Enrolled Claims in Oregon – Effective April 1, 2024 and October 1, 2024
The Department of Consumer and Business Services Workers’ Compensation Division amended several provisions of the OAR that will directly impact MCO enrolled claims in Oregon. The net effect of the amended OAR is essentially more claim processing, and in the worst-case scenario, potential exposure for increased claim costs, litigation costs,…
Acute Stomach Pain and the Sheepherder–Oregon Court of Appeals issues decision on course and scope
The Oregon Court of Appeals issued a non-precedential memorandum opinion on an interesting case recently involving a worker who experienced an acute medical condition, a burst appendix, but in a remote geographical area. This decision addresses the fact, regardless of the category of risk, claimant must still establish a causal…
Are Oregon Attorney Fee Awards Higher in Workers’ Compensation? Yes!
It is not your imagination. The Workers’ Compensation Board published their Annual Attorney Fee Report on January 19, 2023, which includes a breakdown of the attorney fees the Board awarded in the 2021 calendar year. You can find the complete report here. The total attorney fees awarded to claimant are…
