Dixon, Linda

Applicant Linda Dixon accepted a job offer for an RN Case Manager position at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital on July 17, 2023, with a scheduled start date of August 14, 2023. On July 26, 2023, while at the hospital's premises dropping off and completing new hire onboarding paperwork, she suffered a medical incident and was hospitalized for approximately one month. The WCJ found that an employment relationship existed at the time of injury because there was a valid offer, acceptance, and acknowledgment, and applicant was rendering service to the employer. The Board denied defendant's Petition for Reconsideration, adopting the WCJ's Report except for the discussion of the unpublished Ray opinion, holding that defendant failed to rebut the statutory presumption of employment under sections 3351 and 3357.