Badgett v. St. Joseph Hospital

Plaintiff has appealed an order of dismissal on rehearing entered by the Workmen’s Compensation Court. She assigns as error the failure of the court to find that she suffered an accident and injury which arose out of and in the course of her employment, and its failure to find that she was temporarily totally disabled and therefore entitled to disability and medical and vocational rehabilitation benefits.

The plaintiff was continuously employed by St. Joseph Hospital as a nurse’s aide from 1968 until approximately April 1, 1984. She then commenced working as a patient escort. On April 23,1984,…