Painter's Fall on College Campus Was Not within COE

A painter who tripped and fell on the University of Pennsylvania campus while walking to the train station after he finished work painting a dorm room was not within the course and scope of his employment at the time of his accident, the Commonwealth Court ruled.Case: Mansfield Brothers Painting v. WCAB (German), No. 1858 C.D. 2012, 07/26/2013, published.Facts: John German, a union painter, accepted an assignment with Mansfield Brothers Painting to paint dorm rooms at the University of Pennsylvania in June 2009. He finished work about 20 minutes earlier than normal on June 24, 2009. Germa...