JEAN BARNES COLLECTIONS v. ELSTON

No. AD-401.

413 So.2d 797 (1982)

JEAN BARNES COLLECTIONS and American States Insurance Company, Appellants, v. Jayne Rhodes ELSTON, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Zimmerman of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Orlando, for appellants.

John Marshall Kest of Wooton, Honeywell, Kest & Martinez, Orlando, for appellee.


ERVIN, Judge.

In affirming the deputy commissioner's order that claimant suffered an injury as a result of an attack and rape, we find that the injury was one arising out of and in the course of her employment because it was a compensable injury under the "traveling employee's rule."

The deputy commissioner specifically found that the claimant had been hired by the appellant/employer and that she had been requested by the employer to travel with her in a company...

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