Longo v. Associated Limo

In this workers’ compensation appeal, claimant/appellant, Fred Longo, who was employed by appellee, Associated Limo, as a limousine driver, challenges a final order denying the compensability of injuries he sustained while on an unpaid dinner break. Longo complains that the judge of compensation claims (JCC) erred as a matter of law by failing to take into proper consid*944eration his status as a traveling employee. We agree and reverse.

The facts reveal that claimant, a resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, had last deposited a fare in Plantation at 7:45 p.m. on April 19, 2000, and was assigned to…