Claim of Aldrich v. Town of Marlboro

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 6, 1992, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of employment.

Claimant, a police officer, was injured when a handgun *934accidentally discharged when he attempted to put a padlock on the trigger guard. The Workers’ Compensation Board found that the accident arose out of and in the course of employment. The employer contends on this appeal that the injury was a result of noncompensable horseplay.

We affirm. The Board accepted claimant’s testimony that he attempted to place…