Claim of Gioia v. Middletown School District

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 1, 2006, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an injury arising out of and in the course of her employment and denied her claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, a home tutor for the employer, was injured when she fell in the parking lot of a public library after driving there to conduct research in preparation for that day’s assignments. Thereafter, claimant applied for workers’ compensation benefits. Following hearings, a Workers’ Compensation Law Judge, finding that claimant’s injury arose out of and…