Members of the Reinisch Wilson Weier PC team came together for the St. Andrew Clinic (SALC) 2018 Annual Race for Justice 5k race on Saturday, June 16. The firm was a platinum event sponsor, raised over $1,000 in individual donations and ran (or briskly walked) our hearts out. For those unfamiliar with the clinic, SALC…

Genuine. Amazing. Big Time. Moral Compass. Mentor. These are just a few of the descriptions of Attorney Gene Platt, who retires (again!) this time from Reinisch Wilson Weier PC on June 1, 2018. Gene joined the firm in June 2015, in part because his wife said he couldn’t retire yet. Attorneys and staff embraced Gene’s…

In a September 17, 2017 decision, the Washington Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals addressed the appropriate wage rate for a worker who sustains a second injury while working light duty under an open claim.[1] In this workers’ compensation claim, the worker was employed for some time as a truck driver and filed a 2014 occupational…

The Oregon Court of Appeals revisited the standard for compensability of diagnostic services in accepted workers’ compensation claims in the recent case of SAIF v. Carlos-Macias.[1]  The court of appeals originally decided the case in 2014, at the same time as Brown v. SAIF (Brown I).[2] The court held that the compensability of claimant’s diagnostic…

In the Matter of Compensation of Allison Cameron, Claimant (from the mock hearing at the Oregon Claims School, March 20, 2018.) Click here to download a pdf of this opinion. Opinion and Order Pursuant to notice, a hearing was held March 20, 2018 in Portland, Oregon, before Administrative Law Judge Bin Chen.  Claimant was present…