Oregon Supreme Court: Asbestos Cases

Our case-law library holds 3 asbestos decisions from the Oregon Supreme Court (1980–1997). Each links to our summary and the full opinion.

• State: Oregon
• Kind of court: State supreme court

Decisions

• Beneficiaries of Estate of Strametz v. Spectrum (1997). The Oregon Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals and affirmed the Workers' Compensation Board's order denying the claim against Spectrum Motorwerks, Ltd. and SAIF, so the claimant's estate lost.
• Matter of Compensation of Fossum (1982). The Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals, holding that Kaiser, the last shipbuilder employer, was solely liable and that the State Accident Insurance Fund was its responsible carrier, so the widow Helen Fossum won against SAIF.
• Matter of Fossum (1980). The Oregon Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had held the widow's claim time-barred, and remanded so that court could decide whether the Workers' Compensation Board was right to find no causation; the widow prevailed on the timeliness question over the State Accident Insurance Fund and the insurers.