Case Name: DUFFY, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent - Cross-Petitioner
Court: Oregon Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Decision Date: 1979-12-10
Citations: 43 Or. App. 493
Docket Number: No. WCB 77-18, CA 12147
Parties: DUFFY, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent - Cross-Petitioner.
Judges: Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Buttler and Joseph, Judges.
Reporter: Oregon Reports, Court of Appeals
Volume: 43
Pages: 493–495

Head Matter:
Argued and submitted February 27,
reversed December 10, 1979
DUFFY, Petitioner, v. STATE ACCIDENT INSURANCE FUND, Respondent - Cross-Petitioner.
(No. WCB 77-18, CA 12147)
603 P2d 1191
Sharon C. Stevens, Albany, argued the cause for titioner. On the brief were J. David Kryger, and nmons, Kyle, Kropp & Kryger, Albany.
Lawrence J. Hall, Associate Counsel, State Acci-nt Insurance Fund, Salem, argued the cause for spondent - cross-petitioner. With him on the brief ire K. R. Maloney, Chief Counsel, and James A. evins, Chief Trial Counsel, State Accident Insur-ce Fund, Salem.
Before Schwab, Chief Judge, and Buttler and Joseph, Judges.
SCHWAB, C. J.

Opinion:
SCHWAB, C. J.
Claimant had suffered from coronary artery dis-ase of long standing. The mental and physical stress f his employment, superimposed upon his underlying eart ailment, caused attacks of angina pectoris to the xtent that he was required to stop work. The State .ccident Insurance Fund accepted the claim for the urpose of treatment of the angina pectoris, but denied isponsibility for the underlying heart condition. The sferee entered an order, with which the Board agreed, [firming the Fund's denial of the responsibility of the nderlying heart disease, but making a permanent irtial disability award for the angina condition, laimant contends he is entitled to a larger permanent sability award; the Fund contends that he suffered o permanent disability arising out of his employ-ent. We agree with the Fund.
We are satisfied from the medical evidence that all tat happened to claimant as a result of his work were smporary episodes of angina pectoris which stopped hen he quit his work and did not affect in any way Le severity or progress of his underlying heart disuse.
Reversed.
The Fund does not say that it should not have accepted responsibility the angina attacks, but see Weller v. Union Carbide, 288 Or 27,602 P2d 259 (1979); Gibson v. SAIF, 288 Or 45, 602 P2d 266 (1979).