Legacy Health Systems & Legacy Health System v. Noble

While walking to a credit union to deposit a personal check during a paid break from work, claimant slipped on ice and fractured her right ankle. The Workers’ Compensation Board (the board) determined that, because claimant’s errand was not a recreational or social activity performed primarily for her personal pleasure, and because claimant’s employer controlled the parking lot where the fall occurred, the injury was sufficiently work-related to be compensable. Legacy Health Systems, the self-insured employer, seeks judicial review. We agree that claimant’s injury did not occur during a…