Publix Supermarkets v. Finocchi

The employer/carrier appeal a workers’ compensation order in which it was established that the claimant sustained com-pensable injuries while traveling to work in response to the employer’s sudden call. We conclude that the judge properly applied section 440.092, Florida Statutes (1991), and the special errand doctrine as delineated in Eady v. Medical Personnel Pool, 377 So.2d 693 (Fla.1979).

When two other employees failed to appear for work, the employer called the claimant at home on her scheduled day off. The claimant agreed to work, and was told that she needed to arrive as soon as…