CITY OF CORAL GABLES (SELF-INSURED), APPELLANT,
v.
OFFICER GERALD A. WILLIAMS, APPELLEE
CITY OF CORAL GABLES (SELF-INSURED), APPELLANT,
OFFICER GERALD A. WILLIAMS, APPELLEE
389 So. 2d 1212
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (1980)
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.
The order of the deputy commissioner finding the claimant, a police officer employed by the City of Coral Gables, was within the course and scope of his employment when he sustained certain injuries resulting from an accident while en route from his home to his place of employment is reversed. The accident occurred in an unincorporated area of Dade County, Florida, outside the limits of the City of Coral Gables. Accordingly, his injuries did not arise out of and in the course of his employment. See City of Miami Beach v. Valeriani, 137 So. 2d 226 (Fla.1962).
REVERSED.
ERVIN, LARRY G. SMITH and SHIVERS, JJ., concur.
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Johnson v. Metro. Dade Cnty., 424 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)…employment. Police officers, though, are often excepted from this rule. Here, however, claimant was out of his jurisdiction and was not covered under the police officer exception to the “going and coming rule.” See, City of Coral Gables v. Williams, 389 So. 2d 1212 (Fla. 1st DCA 1980). Claimant contends, in Point II, that by swiftly reacting to the emergency situation, he was engaged in an implied employment relationship with both Broward County and the Town of Pembroke Park. He asserts that although his assi…
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- City OF Miami Beach v. Valeriani, 137 So. 2d 226 (Fla. 1962)