Bloomfield v. National Union Insurance

The issue in this workers’ compensation case is compensability. Claimant petitions for review of a Board order which reversed a referee’s order and found that claimant’s right knee injury was caused by off-work activities. We reverse and remand for the reinstatement of the referee’s order.

Claimant played golf during the morning of June 28, 1982, and for the first time wore spiked golf shoes. Because the shoes tended to hold his right foot in place during a swing, his right knee began to cause him some pain. By the end of the game, he was walking with a limp. Claimant went to work that…