Namvar v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

The Contributory Retirement Appeal Board (board) decided that the plaintiff was not injured “while in the performance of’ her duties, relying on 1959 opinions of this court. See Boston Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 340 Mass. 112, 112-113 (1959) (employee injured on employer’s premises while returning to work after lunch, not injured “while in the performance” of her duties); Boston Retirement Bd. v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Bd., 340 Mass. 109, 109, 111 (1959) (employee who fell on employer’s premises while on way home to lunch, not injured “while in the…