McCormick v. State-Auditor General/Division of Risk Management

This workers’ compensation case involves application of the traveling employee exception to the going and coming rule. We reverse the order denying compensa-bility because the Judge of Compensation Claims (JCC) took an overly narrow view of the exception.

Claimant Anna McCormick works as an accountant in the Tampa office of the State Auditor General. Claimant lives on South Westshore Boulevard in Tampa, approximately five miles from the office. That office, however, audits entities in Pinellas, Sumter, and Citrus counties. '

When claimant works in the Tampa office, she leaves home at…