Case Name: LOPER, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1972-08-10
Citations: 10 Or. App. 308
Docket Number: 
Parties: LOPER, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Fort and Thornton, Jndges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 10
Pages: 308–309

Head Matter:
Argued June 23,
affirmed August 10, 1972
LOPER, Appellant, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent.
499 P2d 829
Allan H. Coons, Eugene, argued the canse for appellant. With him on the brief were Coons & Malagon, Eugene.
Al J. Lane, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argned the canse for respondent. With him on the brief were Lee Johnson, Attorney General, and John W. Osbnrn, Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Fort and Thornton, Jndges.

Opinion:
FORT, J.
Claimant in this workmen's compensation case received an award from the Closing and Evaluation Division for time loss totalling about three and one-half months, but no award was made for permanent partial disability. The hearing officer, the Workmen's Compensation Board and the circuit court, each considering the case de novo, all reached the same result as had the Closing and Evaluation Division.
Prior to the closing award, claimant's own treating physician summarized his condition by saying:
" However, his condition by no stretch of the imagination can be described as severe. A quick settlement I believe will be best for all parties."
Following that recommendation the claim was closed as above indicated.
About a year after the accident claimant was examined by another doctor. His report indicates the claimant failed to advise him concerning an unrelated serious accident which had occurred while working for a different employer shortly after the injury which occasioned the filing of this claim. Both involved injury to his back. Against this background, the report is at best inconclusive concerning the existence of any permanent partial disability attributable to the accident here involved.
We, too, conclude that the claimant has failed to sustain his burden of showing that he sustained any permanent partial disability.
The judgment is affirmed.