Sheldon v. US Bank

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Workers’ Compensation Board upholding employer’s denial of her injury claim. At the time of the injury, claimant worked at premises leased by employer. While walking through the building’s lobby on her way to work, claimant fell and sustained a fractured shoulder. She filed a claim, which employer denied. An administrative law judge (ALJ) upheld the denial on the ground that the lobby was not under the employer’s control, and that claimant’s injury therefore had not occurred within the course of her employment.

The board affirmed on a different ground,…