This chapter may be cited as the Workers’ Compensation Law.
ORS 656.001
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 240 court decisions — leading case Brown v. Transcon Lines (1978)
Most recently applied in Teitelman v. SAIF (September 2025)
1965 c.285 §1; 1977 c.109 §1
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.