Claim of Wint v. Hotel Waldorf Astoria

—Mikoll, J. P.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation *697Board, filed July 27, 1995, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of her employment.

The question on this appeal is whether substantial evidence supports the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board that claimant’s injury occurred while in the course of her employment. Claimant had been employed by the Hotel Waldorf Astoria since 1975. In January 1990, her position was floor supervisor and she was also a union delegate. On January 19, 1990, she was involved in an altercation with another…