Claim of Lavigne v. Peru Central School District

Peters, J.P.

*1458Claimant, a teaching assistant for the Peru Central School District, was injured on January 3, 2003 when she suddenly fell to the classroom floor. Although no one witnessed the incident, the principal of the middle school heard claimant fall and subsequently found her on the floor “having seizure activity” and “choking.” The school nurse was notified and, when she arrived, she applied an ice pack and checked claimant’s blood pressure and pulse rate. Claimant thereafter was taken by a wheelchair to the nurse’s office until emergency paramedics arrived and transported her to the…