Baxter v. T.G. Peppe, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed July 2, 2009, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an accidental injury in the course of his employment and denied his claim for workers’ compensation benefits.

Claimant, who worked for the employer installing and removing awnings at various commercial locations, fractured his leg after he slipped on a sidewalk when he and his coworker stopped to get something to eat at a bakery while on their way back to the employer’s office at the end of a work day. Claimant filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits and, after a…