Corraro's Case

The employee was injured during her authorized lunch break while walking on a public street to cash her paycheck at a nearby bank. The Industrial Accident Board (Board) denied the employee’s workmen’s compensation claim. The reviewing board affirmed the findings and decision of the single member, including findings “that the employee in this case did not sustain a personal injury arising out of and in the course of her employment,” that the “cashing of the check was for the employee’s own personal benefit and not for the benefit of the employer,” and that the employee “was on a personal…