Metropolitan Dade County, Self-Insured v. Nieves

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 his van down the driveway to the edge of the street where he stopped to avoid hitting the newspaper delivery car. Deciding to save his wife some extra steps on a cold morning,…