On this day, Parks drove to the exit of the lot and turned left onto Compton Boulevard. At that moment, three youths pulled open the driver's door on Parks' car, wrestled her purse away from her and fled. Parks was unable to return to work for three weeks as a result of the physical and emotional trauma from this assault. However, our decisions in Greydanus and Henslick indicate that the WCAB read Chairez too narrowly in denying compensation to Parks. The WCAB, however, ignored the fact that the risk to which Parks was subjected also met the second prong of the Chairez test.

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