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ORS 656.216

Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law

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

Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Taylor v. State Accident Insurance Fund (1979)

Most recently applied in Hinkley v. Oregon State Police (November 1994)

Amended by 1967 c.529 §2; 1973 c.459 §1; 1974 c.41 §7

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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.

(1) Compensation for permanent partial disability may be paid monthly at 4.35 times the rate per week as provided for compensation for temporary total disability at the time the determination is made. In no case shall such payments be less than $108.75 per month.

(2) If a worker, who is entitled to compensation for a permanent disability, has received compensation for a temporary disability by reason of the same injury, compensation for such permanent disability shall be in addition to the payments which the worker has received on account of such temporary disability.

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