Case ID: or_305/html/0538-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "\n      PETERSON, C. J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Argued and submitted March 2,
    decisions of Court of Appeals and Workers’ Compensation Board affirmed April 26, 1988
    In the Matter of the Compensation of Margie M. Guill, Claimant. GUILL, Petitioner on Review, v. PENDLETON WOOLEN MILLS, Respondent on Review.
    
    (WCB 85-09065; CA A42368; SC S34681)
    754 P2d 574
    Robert Wollheim, Welch, Bruun & Green, Portland, argued the cause and filed the petition for petitioner on review.
    Mildred J. Carmack, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, filed the response brief for respondent on review.
    PETERSON, C. J.
   PETERSON, C. J.

The claimant prevailed at a hearing before the Workers’ Compensation Board referee in establishing the compensability of her injury claim. Her employer appealed to the board, which affirmed the referee on compensability but reduced the fee that the referee awarded the claimant’s attorney. The claimant seeks review of the Court of Appeals’ decision holding that the board, rather than the circuit court, had jurisdiction to review the referee’s award of attorney fees.

The employer sought review of the referee’s decision. As a result, the claimant did not prevail finally before the referee. The proper forum to review the referee’s fee award was the board. Greenslitt v. City of Lake Oswego, 305 Or 530, 534, 535, 754 P2d 570 (1988). See also ORS 656.382(2), 656.386(1).

The decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Workers’ Compensation Board are affirmed.