Claim of Feliciano v. Woodlea Nursery

Appeal from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed March 1, 1976, as amended by a supplemental decision filed October 8, 1976 which held that the claimant’s injuries arose out of and in the course of the employment. The claimant was a migrant worker brought here from Puerto Rico pursuant to a contract to work on the employer’s nursery premises. The contract expressly required the employer to provide housing and the claimant was injured when he fell down some stairs in such housing on his day off. The appellants contend that, as a matter of law, the residence was not covered…