Hester v. Westchester General Hospital

ADKINS, Justice.

This is a petition for writ of certiorari to the Industrial Relations Commission which reversed the compensation order of the Judge of Industrial Claims. The Commission based its reversal on the ground that there was insufficient evidence presented of a work-related injury and that the notice given to the employer was inadequate. We reverse.

Gloria Hester, the claimant-petitioner, is a registered, certified scrub technician in the operating room with nineteen years’ experience. She was employed at Westches-ter General Hospital since its founding in 1966. Prior to that she…