Lupia's Case

This is an appeal by an employee from a final decree denying her claim for compensation in accordance with a decision of the reviewing board, which adopted the findings and decision of the single member. Gr. L. c. 152, § 10, as amended through St. 1947, c. 546.

We summarize the relevant facts found by the single member. On March 10, 1954, while returning from lunch, the employee fell in the hallway of a building in which her employer “hired and occupied the second floor.” This hallway was customarily used by the employee and also by employees of some of the other tenants who “hired and…