Claim of Gardeski v. Dynamic Auto Body, Inc.

— Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 22, 1983, as amended by decision filed December 2, 1983. 11 At issue is whether the record contains substantial evidence to support the board’s finding that claimant sustained an industrial accident within the scope of the Workers’ Compensation Law. According to claimant’s testimony, he injured his right knee when it collapsed while he was stepping out of a truck on his employer’s premises. The employer and its insurance carrier contend that such evidence, in the absence of an explanation for the fall, is insufficient to…