Canavan's Case

The claimant employee in this workmen’s compensation case was employed by the city of Boston, a self-insured employer, as a licensed practical nurse at the Long Island Hospital. At the time she sustained the injury for which she seeks compensation she lived on the hospital premises.

About 11:30 p.m. on June 29, 1967, while returning in her car to the hospital after a day off, the employee saw two men lying on the Long Island bridge, “hollering” for help. The bridge is located on the hospital premises, and is about three and one-half miles from the public way leading to the entry to the…