Yu Qin Zhu v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd.

The *1035petitioner, an in-home caretaker, was riding her bicycle from one private home where she worked to another home where she was scheduled to work when she was struck and injured by a car. Her employer, the California State Department of Social Services (Department), paid the petitioner for working at both of these locations.

A majority of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (appeals board) concluded *632that the going and coming rule1 barred the petitioner's claim for workers' compensation benefits. However, the dissent and the workers' compensation judge (WCJ) found that the required…