Author: Sierra Sawyer
When PTD Is No Longer Permanent: Reexamining Permanent Total Disability in Oregon
Permanent total disability (“PTD”) benefits are intended for workers whose work-related disability permanently incapacitates them from regularly performing work at a gainful and suitable occupation. But what happens when a claimant receiving PTD benefits appears capable of working again? In Oregon, a PTD award is not necessarily the end of…
An Update on Standards for Compensability for Preexisting Conditions In Oregon Post-Barnes
In 2025, the Barnes decision shook up the workers’ compensation standards when the Oregon Court of Appeals held that a pre-existing condition that is exacerbated by a work injury can be compensable, but only if the work injury is the major contributing cause of a pathological worsening of the pre-existing…
