Gore Newspapers Co. v. Lovett

THOMPSON, Judge.

The appellants challenge a workers’ compensation Order, contending that the claimant’s accident did not arise out of her employment. We agree and reverse.

The claimant, while working one evening, suffered from a headache and experienced nausea. She decided to go to a.nearby bathroom to lie down for a few minutes, and on the way to the bathroom, she fainted and fell to a linoleum-covered concrete floor, thereby injuring her back. A claim was filed, and subsequently the Deputy Commissioner (“the Deputy”) entered his Order, finding in part that the claimant suffered an injury by…