MATTER OF DELAND v. HUTCHINGS PSYCHIATRIC CTR.


203 A.D.2d 776 (1994)

611 N.Y.S.2d 44

In the Matter of the Claim of Lorraine Deland, Respondent, v. Hutchings Psychiatric Center et al., Appellants. Workers' Compensation Board, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 21, 1994


Mikoll, J.

The 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 of her employment...

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