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Or. Rev. Stat. § 656.576

“Paying agency” defined

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      656.576 “Paying agency” defined. As used in ORS 656.578 to 656.595, “paying agency” means the self-insured employer or insurer paying benefits to the worker or beneficiaries. [1965 c.285 §44a; 1981 c.854 §42]

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Cited in 27 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1980–2022 · leading case: Vasquez v. Double Press Mfg., Inc.
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Vasquez v. Double Press Mfg., Inc. (2019) or · cites it 3× “154 (if workplace injury is due to negligence of third party other than employer or another employee, injured worker may elect to seek a remedy against third party); ORS 656.576 - 656.596 (containing numerous procedural and substantive provisions concerning actions brought…”
Ore-Ida Foods, Inc. v. Indian Head Cattle Co. (1981) or · cites it 2× “ORS 656.576 through 656.595 provide an employer with the only means of recovering compensation paid to the beneficiaries of a deceased workman under the Workers' Compensation Act.”
Astleford v. SAIF Corp. (1994) or · cites it 3× “Finally, it points to the legislative policies embodied in ORS 656.576 to 656.596: to deny to noncomplying employers some of the protections afforded to complying employers under the Workers’ Compensation Law and to give the paying agency the dominant role in the process of…”
Rash v. McKinstry Co. (2001) or · cites it 2× “593(3) (providing that any conflict between claimant and paying agency concerning “just and proper” distribution of third-party proceeds shall be resolved by Board); ORS 656.576 (defining “paying agency” as “the self-insured employer or insurer paying benefits to the worker or…”
Rash v. McKinstry Co. (1999) orctapp · cites it 4× “ORS 656.576 to ORS 656.596 govern the interaction between the workers' compensation system and recovery against third parties and noncomplying employers.”
SAIF Corp. v. Wright (1991) or · cites it 2× “See generally ORS 656.576 to 656.595 (providing procedures for paying agency to recover from third persons and noncomplying employers).”
Toole v. EBI Companies (1992) or “” ORS 656.576. ORS 656.593 sets forth the procedures applicable to third-party actions brought by injured workers: “(1) If the worker * * * elect [s] to recover damages from the * * * third person, notice of such election shall be given by the paying agency by personal service…”
Liberty Northwest Ins. Corp. v. Golden (1992) orctapp · cites it 2× “) The statute establishes the procedure for determining the extent to which a "paying agency," ORS 656.576, may receive a share of any sum recovered if a worker or the worker's beneficiary elects under ORS 656.”
Schlecht v. State Accident Insurance Fund Corp. (1982) orctapp “See ORS 656.576 et seq. The claim was partially denied by SAIF, and claimant requested a hearing.”
Martelli v. RA Chambers and Associates (1990) or “Damage recovery from a third party, to benefit both worker and the insurance carrier, was continued in sections 44-49 of Oregon Laws 1965, chapter 285, essentially as provided now in ORS 656.576 to 656.593. The immunity of an employer from any worker’s claims, other than for…”
Bird v. Norpac Foods, Inc. (1997) or “520, as well as violate the third party recovery provisions of the workers’ compensation laws, ORS 656.576 et seq, which allow a claimant to keep a portion of the proceeds of a tort recovery “in addition to the compensation or other benefits to which the worker * * * [is]…”
State v. Divers (1981) orctapp “” 2 "Paying agency” is defined in ORS 656.576 to be "the employer or State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation paying benefits to the worker or beneficiaries.”
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