Southern Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Gonzalez

ERVIN, Judge.

In this workers’ compensation appeal, the employer/carrier (e/c) appeals an order of the deputy commissioner finding that the claimant’s injury arose out of and in the course of his employment and, therefore, was compensable. We affirm.

The claimant, Gonzalez, accompanied by a co-employee, Wilson, was making his scheduled deliveries for his employer, Southern Wine & Spirits, Inc., on February 28, 1980. Gonzalez took a shortcut, en route to his next delivery, which took him past La Bara-ta Restaurant, a customer of Southern Wine & Spirits, Inc. Gonzalez saw the owner of La Barata,…