Claim of Currie v. Self Help Community Services, Inc.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed March 18, 1977, which affirmed a referee’s decision awarding compensation to claimant for injuries sustained in a fall on a snowy sidewalk on her way home from work as a home health aide. The board found: "based on the testimony, that the claimant is both an inside and outside employee; that the claimant was paid roundtrip travel expense from her assigned client and that claimant’s travel from her home to the home of a client and return to her home is in the course of her employment.” There is substantial evidence to sustain the…