Court Opinion

ID: 9540630
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 16:18:27.914579+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:00:05.407831
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ROSSMAN, P. J.,
dissenting.
Because the Board and referee got this one right, I dissent. SAIF readily admits that it did not pay all of claimant’s medical bills in a timely fashion. This is definitely not the time for a claimant’s attorney to be slumbering at the *190switch. It was only after she filed a request for hearing that the bills were finally paid. ORS 656.386(1) plainly provides that a claimant is entitled to insurer-paid attorney fees if the “attorney is instrumental in obtaining compensation.” The Board concluded that claimant’s attorney was instrumental in obtaining compensation, and that conclusion is supported by substantial evidence in the record. Accordingly, we should affirm the Board’s assessment of attorney fees.