Claim of Marciniak v. Berlitz School of Languages

This is an appeal by the claimant from a decision of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, filed December 8, 1972.

Claimant was employed by the Berlitz School of Languages as a French teacher. On September 22, 1971 at 5:15 p.m., claimant finished teaching at the employer’s Rockefeller Center location and traveled by taxicab to the Hospital for Special Surgery where he conducted a class. Upon completing his teaching assignment, claimant left the hospital at approximately 8:15 p.m. and was injured on his way home.

The undisputed evidence in this case required a finding by the board that the claimant…