Claim of Mendez v. City of New York

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed June 13, 1988, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury arising out of and in the course of her employment.

Claimant was employed by the City of New York as a receptionist at the 24th Precinct police station. Her duties *815required her to be stationed at a desk near the entrance to the building. On April 4, 1985, while performing her usual work, claimant heard a loud explosion outside the police station. She left her desk, looked out the window and then went out onto the front stoop of the building, where she…