Bryant v. David Lawrence Mental Health Center

DAVIS, Judge.

The claimant, Andrea Bryant, suffered a knee injury while engaged in the duties of her job on the premises of her employer. The Judge of Compensation Claims ruled that the injury was idiopathic and not com-pensable because the claimant failed to prove that her employment involved an exertion greater than that performed during her daily life. Because we hold that the Judge of Compensation Claims applied the wrong test for determining compensability, we reverse.

Claimant was employed, as a housekeeper at David Lawrence Mental Health Center for approximately three years before she…