Gulliford v. Nikko Gold Coast Cruises

ERVIN, Judge.

We reverse and remand the deputy commissioner’s order dismissing appellant and claimant Karl Gulliford’s claim for workers’ compensation benefits. His claim stems from a July 13, 1980 auto accident arising out of and in the course of his employment with Nikko Gold Coast Cruises, the appel-lee. The claim falls within the dual-purpose doctrine, an exception to the going and coming rule which routinely bars compensation.

Karl Gulliford worked as a tour bus dispatcher for Nikko Gold Coast Cruises, a Miami Beach tour company. In that position he was a “jack-of-all-trades,” dispatching…