Maguire's Case

The plaintiff, a teacher in the vocational education program of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, brought an action in the Superior Court against her employer’s insurer, seeking review of a decision of the Industrial Accident Board (Board). A Superior Court judge affirmed the decision of the Board, which included a determination that the injuries the plaintiff received in an automobile accident did not arise out of or in the course of employment. We agree.

The evidence presented before the single member of the Board was as follows: On September 9, 1976, while attending a teachers’…