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ORS 656.310

Known as the Workers’ Compensation Law

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

Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case Koskela v. Willamette Industries, Inc. (2000)

Most recently applied in Camacho v. SAIF Corp. (June 2014)

1965 c.285 §40; 1969 c.447 §1; 1981 c.854 §21

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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) In any proceeding for the enforcement of a claim for compensation under this chapter, there is a rebuttable presumption that:

(a) Sufficient notice of injury was given and timely filed; and

(b) The injury was not occasioned by the willful intention of the injured worker to commit self-injury or suicide.

(2) The contents of medical, surgical and hospital reports presented by claimants for compensation shall constitute prima facie evidence as to the matter contained therein; so, also, shall such reports presented by the insurer or self-insured employer, provided that the doctor rendering medical and surgical reports consents to submit to cross-examination. This subsection shall also apply to medical or surgical reports from any treating or examining doctor who is not a resident of Oregon, provided that the claimant, self-insured employer or the insurer shall have a reasonable time, but no less than 30 days after receipt of notice that the report will be offered in evidence at a hearing, to cross-examine such doctor by deposition or by written interrogatories to be settled by the Administrative Law Judge.

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