Claim of Melo v. Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed February 2, 2006, which ruled that claimant did not sustain an injury arising out of and in the course of her employment.

In 1997, while preparing a report in the course of her duties as a night shift direct care worker employed by the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, Inc., claimant heard a noise and left her office to investigate. She was assaulted by a stranger in the hallway and then dragged to the basement where she was knocked unconscious and raped. The assailant was never apprehended. In this proceeding to…