Walker v. Department of Social Services

Defendant Department of Social Services appeals by leave granted from a Worker’s Compensation Appeal Board order which affirmed the decision of a hearing referee, granting disability compensation benefits to plaintiff.

According to the record, in 1976, plaintiff learned through a neighbor that Mrs. Willie L. Johnson, an invalid neighbor for whom plaintiff had run errands before, needed somebody to care for her. That same morning, Mrs. Johnson called plaintiff about the position and scheduled an interview between plaintiff and a Mr. Emberg from DSS. After the interview, Mr. Emberg had plaintiff…