Claim of Berry v. New York City Board of Education

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 22, 1995, which ruled that claimant sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits.

While on vacation, claimant sustained a back injury when she slipped and fell on the stairs at the employer’s district office while she was picking up her paycheck. The Workers’ Compensation Board, finding that claimant sustained a compensable injury within the course of her employment, awarded *638her workers’ compensation benefits. The employer appeals, contending that the accident did not arise out of or in the…