Legal Opinion
Claim of Trotman v. New York State Courts
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 1, 2014Published
1Opinion of the Court
Stein, J.P
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 19, 2012, which ruled that claimant’s injury did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.
Claimant, a senior court officer, was injured shortly before the beginning of his work shift at the Clinton County Government Center on January 10, 2012, when he slipped and fell on ice. The incident occurred on a public sidewalk that he was traversing to reach the government center after parking his car on the street. Although the Workers’ Compensation…
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