Employee Gets Benefits From Being Struck by Car Outside Workplace

A New York appellate court upheld an award of benefits to a hospital worker who was struck by a car as he crossed a road outside his workplace. Case: Matter of Cadme v. FOJP Service Corp., No. 532382, 07/22/2021, published. Facts: Daniel Cadme was a food service worker at Montefiore-Nyack Hospital. On March 27, 2019, Cadme was struck by a vehicle while walking to the hospital entrance before the start of his shift. Procedural history: Cadme filed a workers’ compensation claim for a head injury. His employer contested the claim, but a workers’ compensation law...