Santizo-Perez v. Genaro's Corp.

BERGOSH, GARY L., Associate Judge.

In this workers’ compensation case, the surviving dependents of Melvin Pivaral-Ramirez, an employee of King’s Food and Meat Bazaar (King’s), challenge an order of the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) that denies the compensability of his accident, injuries, and death. We conclude the JCC erred in denying compensability; we therefore reverse the appealed order and remand the case for the award of benefits available under the Florida Workers’ Compensation Law.

Facts

Mr. Pivaral-Ramirez was the front-end manager for King’s. On the evening of June 5, 2011, he…