Community Animal Hospital of Dade, Inc. v. Vargas

Appellant, Community Animal Hospital of Dade, Inc., appeals the order of the judge of compensation claims declining to apply the domestic servant exclusion of Section 440.-02(15)(e)l., Florida Statutes, and finding the accident of claimant Mercedes Vargas com-pensable. We reverse.

Claimant, Mercedes Vargas, was employed to work in the home of Dr. Mary Schooley Pasero and her husband, Arnaldo Pasero, as a babysitter and housekeeper. Dr. Mary Schooley Pasero was the owner and sole corporate officer of appellant Community Animal Hospital. Claimant’s job duties consisted of housework and picking…