Wait v. Hudson Valley Community College

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed October 25, 2012, which, among other things, ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury.

Claimant, a secretary, fell while she was entering her workplace and purportedly sustained injuries. The self-insured employer and its third-party administrator (hereinafter collectively referred to as the employer) controverted her ensuing claim for workers’ compensation benefits, asserting that she had staged the fall. A Workers’ Compensation Law Judge conducted hearings and reviewed video footage of the incident, after which he…