Legal Opinion
Claim of Thompson v. New York Telephone Co.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 17, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 25, 1984, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded benefits.
On June 14, 1983, at some time between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., claimant, a chauffeur’s helper, was descending a flight of stairs between the first and second floors of her employer’s premises. She had changed her clothes in a locker area on the second floor and was going to the first floor in order to exit the building at 5:00 p.m., which was the end of her workday. Before she reached the first floor, however, claimant felt her right…
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