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ORS 656.156

Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law

The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).

Applied in 43 court decisions — leading case 43 Cal. 3d 148 - Cole v. Fair Oaks Fire Protection District (1987)

Most recently applied in 346 Or. App. 166 - Dumanovskiy v. Oregon Youth Authority (December 2025)

Amended by 1965 c.285 §20

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(1) If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the worker to produce such injury or death, neither the worker nor the widow, widower, child or dependent of the worker shall receive any payment whatsoever under this chapter.

(2) If injury or death results to a worker from the deliberate intention of the employer of the worker to produce such injury or death, the worker, the widow, widower, child or dependent of the worker may take under this chapter, and also have cause for action against the employer, as if such statutes had not been passed, for damages over the amount payable under those statutes.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.