METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY v. NIEVES

No. AR-9.

440 So.2d 434 (1983)

METROPOLITAN DADE COUNTY, SELF-INSURED, Appellant, v. Angel NIEVES, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Ginsburg, Dade County Atty., and Marilyn Strauss, Asst. County Atty., Miami, for appellant.

Albert E. Harum, Jr., of Albert E. Harum, Jr., P.A., Miami, for appellee.


WIGGINTON, Judge.

The issue on appeal addresses the "police officer exception" to the going and coming rule. The county argues that the deputy commissioner erred in finding claimant's injury to be compensable, as occurring in the course and scope of his employment. We affirm.

Police officer Nieves is employed by Metropolitan Dade County. On the morning of the accident, he left his home to proceed to work. He backed...

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