Blaustein v. Mitre Corp.

ANNUNZIATA, Judge.

The appellant, Barbara T. Blaustein, appeals the denial of benefits by the Workers’ Compensation Commission for an injury she suffered on February 5, 1997, while on her way to work. Blaustein contends the commission erred in finding that her injury did not arise out of her employment under an exception to the “coming and going” rule. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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BACKGROUND

The Mitre Corporation, a federally funded research and development center, hired Blaustein as a scientist in March 1992. At the time of the accident on February 5, 1997, she resided in Silver…