Claim of Yelle v. Woodworth's Painting Co.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 21, 2000, which ruled that the death of claimant’s decedent arose in the course of his employment and awarded workers’ compensation death benefits.

Claimant’s decedent was a house painter who reported each work day to a job site where the employer had contracted to paint. He apparently worked at a job site until the painting was completed and he was then assigned to work at a new job site. He was killed in an automobile accident while traveling home at the end of the work day from a job site where he had worked for…