Court of Appeals of Oregon July 13, 1981, WCB Nos. 77-5580-E, 78-6309, CA 19560 (Farmers Insurance v. Hopson)

THORNTON, J.

This appeal presents a novel question: Is an insurer who timely requested a hearing on a determination order declaring claimant permanently and totally disabled barred in that hearing by res judicata where the hearing was not held until after the Board, pursuant to ORS 656.