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ORS 656.263

Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law

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

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Emery v. Adjustco (1986)

Most recently applied in 347 Or. App. 281 - Calvi v. Gallagher Bassett Services Inc. (February 2026)

1967 c.97 §2; 1975 c.556 §42

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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.

All notices of proceedings required to be sent under ORS 656.262, 656.265, 656.268 to 656.289, 656.295 to 656.325, 656.382 to 656.388 and this section shall be sent to the employer and the insurer, if any.

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