Vitas v. Grace Hospital Society

The appeal raises the questions whether the plaintiff’s injury arose out of and in the course of her employment; these are to be determined upon the findings made by the commissioner, since no attempt has been made to correct them.

The plaintiff-claimant was employed in the laundry of the defendant-employer, Grace Hospital Society, which was operated for the purposes of washing and ironing bedding, clothing and other articles worn and used by the patients, nurses and help who lived in the hospital. The claimant lived in the hospital, occupying with two others a room which had two windows. On…