Walker v. State Accident Insurance Fund

The issue presented in this workmen’s compensation case is whether claimant’s injury while enroute home after work arose out of and in the course of her employment as required by the Workmen’s Compensation Law.

Claimant appeals from an order of the circuit court reversing the referee and the Workmen’s Compensation Board which had held that she was entitled to workmen’s compensation benefits.

Claimant, a Clerk-Matron II in the Marion County Sheriff’s office, was injured when struck by a car while walking to her own automobile, which was parked on a Salem street, following the end of her shift.

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