Whittemore v. Sullivan County Homemaker's Aid Service

The plaintiff, Lillian Whittemore, appeals from an order of the Superior Court {DiClerico, J., approving a recommendation of a Master, R. Peter Shapiro, Esq.) denying her workers’ compensation benefits for an injury she alleges was causally related to her employment with the defendant Sullivan County Homemaker’s Aid Service. The sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in finding that the plaintiff’s injury did not arise out of and in the course of her employment, RSA 281:2, V (Supp. 1986), and thus in denying the plaintiff’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits. We hold that…