If, prior to and including the date of an accidental injury received by one or the other as a subject worker, two unmarried individuals have cohabited together such that the relationship would be subject to the provisions of ORS 107.105 to 107.136 and 107.700 to 107.735, the surviving cohabitant is entitled to compensation under this chapter the same as if the individuals had been legally married.
ORS 656.226
Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 656–656 (348 sections).
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Brown v. SAIF Corp. (2017)
Most recently applied in SAIF v. Williams (May 2020)
Amended by 1983 c.816 §4; 2015 c.629 §55; 2022 c.6 §2
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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.