Claim of Deland v. Hutchings Psychiatric Center
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtMikoll, J.
Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 31, 1992, which ruled that claimant sustained an accidental injury in the course of her employment and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.
*777The issue before us is whether claimant is entitled to the protection of the Workers’ Compensation Law for injuries sustained on the way home from work after working a double shift and falling asleep at the wheel of her car due to extreme exhaustion. The Workers’ Compensation Board held that the injury sustained by claimant constituted an accident arising out of and in the course…
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