odd lot doctrine

odd lot doctrine
Doctrine which permits finding of total disability where claimant is not altogether incapacitated for any kind of work but is nevertheless so handicapped that he will not be able to obtain regular employment in any well-known branch of the competitive labor market absent superhuman efforts, sympathetic friends or employers, a business boom, or temporary good luck. Vester v. Diamond Lumber Co., 21 Or.App. 587, 535 P.2d 1373,1376.
Under the "odd-lot doctrine", workers' compensation claimant will be considered to be totally disabled if it appears probable that claimant cannot sell his services in a competitive labor market. Hill v. U. S. Plywood-Champion Co., 12 Or.App. 1, 503 P.2d 728, 730

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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