Opinion ID: 2606157
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Heading: claim and issue preclusion apply to administrative proceedings

Text: Both issue preclusion and claim preclusion apply to administrative proceedings, provided that the tribunal's decision-making processes include certain requisite characteristics. [7] Both branches of preclusion by adjudication apply to workers' compensation proceedings. North Clackamas School Dist. v. White, supra, 305 Or. at 52, 750 P.2d 485 (issue preclusion rules apply where they facilitate prompt, orderly and fair problem resolution); Million v. SAIF, 45 Or. App. 1097, 610 P.2d 285 (1980) [hereafter cited as Million II ] (claim preclusion applied, splitting of claim prevented). See also Kepford v. Weyerhaeuser Co., 77 Or. App. 363, 713 P.2d 625 (1986) (claim preclusion rules against splitting a claim do not apply where basis for later claim did not yet exist at time of earlier decision). Section 83(1) of Restatement (Second) of Judgments provides, with exceptions, that final administrative adjudication has the same effects under the rules of res judicata, subject to the same exceptions and qualifications, as a judgment of a court. Comment f to section 83 states:  Claim and issue preclusion: general rules. The rules of res judicata referred to in Subsection (1) include the rules of claim preclusion stated in §§ 17-24 and the qualifications and exceptions thereto stated in §§ 20-26, and the rules of issue preclusion and the qualifications and exceptions thereto stated in §§ 27-28.    Id. § 83, comment f at 274. The policies undergirding court-made rules of claim preclusion  protecting finality and preventing splitting  apply to administrative claim or issue preclusion questions.