Claim of Robinson v. Lawrence Nursing Home

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 7, 1979, which disallowed a claim for death benefits. Decedent, on the day in question, worked as a pot washer for the Lawrence Nursing Home. He was scheduled to work the 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. shift that day. At about 5:45 f.m. he was observed putting on his coat and walking out of the kitchen. In reply to his supervisor’s request to wash his pots, he answered “I have all night to wash those pots”. About 15 minutes later he was found lying face down in the area between the front door and the door going into the nursing…