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CLAIMANT, A SUBWAY CLEANER, WAS ASSAULTED AFTER GETTING OFF THE SUBWAY ON HIS WAY HOME, CLAIMANT’S INJURIES WERE NOT COMPENSABLE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department determined that a third-party assault on claimant, a subway cleaner, after claimant had clocked out of work and traveled some distance on the subway to get home, was not compensable:

According to claimant, he finished his shift at 7:50 a.m., 10 minutes early, and clocked out, as he was permitted to do to compensate for coming in early. He left his assigned work train station and traveled on a train six stops on his way home, and was assaulted as he exited the train at approximately 7:55 a.m. Accordingly, at the time of the assault, claimant was not at his assigned train station, having clocked out of work, he was not on duty or performing any of the duties of his employment, and he was not on an errand for the employer … . Rather, claimant was commuting home, “using the subways like the general public” … . There is no evidence that claimant was required to use the trains to commute to work or that the employer benefited from the route that he used to travel home. …

Although injuries resulting from work-related assaults are compensable under certain circumstances, given that the incident occurred six train stops away from claimant’s assigned station, after he had completed his shift, and that he was not performing any services for the employer on his commute home, the record supports the Board’s determination that there was no nexus between the motivation for the assault and claimant’s employment … . Matter of Warner v New York City Tr. Auth., 2019 NY Slip Op 03122, Third Dept 4-25-19

 

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