If the injury to a worker is due to the negligence or wrong of a third person not in the same employ, the injured worker, or if death results from the injury, the spouse, children or other dependents, as the case may be, may elect to seek a remedy against such third person.
ORS 656.154
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 84 court decisions — leading case 339 So. 2d 1212 - Poche v. Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (1976)
Most recently applied in Crandall v. State of Oregon (January 2026)
Amended by 1959 c.504 §1; 1975 c.152 §1; 1985 c.212 §4
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Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.