Ware's Case

The employee’s claim for workmen’s compensation was denied by a single member and by the reviewing board of the Industrial Accident Board. The case is here on her appeal from a decree of the Superior Court dismissing her claim. The parties agreed on the facts which we summarize. The employee worked in one of many retail stores located in a large shopping center. Her employer’s lease gave it the right to exclusive occupancy of its store, plus rights in common with the lessor and the lessees of all other stores in the center to the parking lots, access roads and sidewalks within the shopping…