Legal Opinion
Capizzi v. Southern District Reporters, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 17, 1984PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
The question presented for our review on this workers’ compensation claim is whether claimant’s injury, resulting from a slip and fall in a hotel bathtub, arose out of and in the course of her employment. The Workers’ Compensation Board determined that the accident, notice and causal relationship were established. The Appellate Division reversed on the ground that showering is a purely personal act, holding claimant’s injury noncompensable as a matter of law. The Workers’ Compensation Board now appeals to the court.
Claimant Nelida Capizzi was employed as a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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