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Matter of Kwapich v. Aluminum Co. of America

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 12, 1953
282 App. Div. 972 (N.Y. App. Div. 1953)

Opinion

November 12, 1953.

Appeal from Workmen's Compensation Board.

Present — Foster, P.J., Bergan, Coon, Halpern and Imrie, JJ.


The employer maintained a parking lot for the exclusive benefit of its employees located immediately adjacent to its plant. However, a high wire fence separated the parking lot from the plant area, so that it was necessary for employees leaving the plant to go through a main gate and travel 140 feet on a public highway to enter the parking lot. Upon finishing his work at the plant claimant customarily proceeded by the most direct route and by the route made necessary by the employer to the parking lot to enter the car of a coemployee to ride to his home. On the occasion involved here claimant proceeded from the plant directly to the parking lot, and while on the parking lot fell and sustained injuries. The accident occurred within five minutes after the employee had actually left his work in the plant. It has been held time and again that injuries sustained in entering or leaving the employer's premises are an incident to the employment and are compensable. Appellant's contention that by walking 140 feet on a public sidewalk claimant took himself out of the course of his employment is a strained construction and is without merit. Claimant's injuries were sustained because of a risk involved in the employment, upon the employer's premises, and were incidental to the employment. ( Matter of Fredrickson v. Ledkote Products Co., 270 App. Div. 970; Matter of Lynch v. City of New York, 242 N.Y. 115; Matter of Manville v. New York State Dept. of Labor, 294 N.Y. 1.) Award unanimously affirmed, with costs to the Workmen's Compensation Board.


Summaries of

Matter of Kwapich v. Aluminum Co. of America

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department
Nov 12, 1953
282 App. Div. 972 (N.Y. App. Div. 1953)
Case details for

Matter of Kwapich v. Aluminum Co. of America

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Claim of ANTHONY KWAPICH, Respondent, against…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department

Date published: Nov 12, 1953

Citations

282 App. Div. 972 (N.Y. App. Div. 1953)

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