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Greetings, since the 1st DCA’s  Estes decision, I am getting a lot of questions about how to handle situations involving the Statute of Limitations.  (Hope you can join us in Tampa on Friday (7/31) for our 11th annual CEU/Dinner event, we have over 200...

Happy Friday Team! This week’s tip is by special request and covers How to Suspend TTD Benefits When the Claimant Voluntarily Returns to Light Duty (very rare): More often than not, indemnity benefits are suspended because the authorized treating physician released...

Greetings, by special request, this Tip is on how to handle a new accident that occurs after your claim. How do we find if there has been a new accident?  Sometimes we discover the claimant has had a new accident from the claimant telling the provider in our...

Happy Friday team, By special request, this week’s tip revisits Georgia’s special rules for work-related hernia injuries! In order for work-related hernia injuries to be found compensable in Georgia, the Claimant “must definitely prove to the satisfaction of the...

Happy Monday team! By special request, this week’s tip covers the wonderful and exciting world of the Board form WC-205 (insert sarcasm) and how to properly respond! JOHN’S GA TIP OF THE WEEK: How to Respond to a WC-205: Request for Authorization of Treatment or...

Greetings, this Tip being sent by special request…. According to DOAH’s annual report, last year over 50% of Petitions for Benefits sought a correction to the Average Weekly Wage/TTD/TPD.  And one of the known unknowns that often comes back to bite us is the...

Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Jacqueline Badillo v. C.M.T.G. Inc., d/b/a McDonalds/Travelers Indemnity Company of America JCC Medina-Shore: Miami...

Greetings, Well, in light of the Estes case and the drastic changes to how the Statute of Limitations is now applied, I called the FL Division of WC to see if they had any plans to update the Informational Brochure that all carriers are required to send in the initial...

The weekend is upon us! This week’s tip covers the impact of a Return to Baseline opinion in Georgia (it’s a homerun): RULE O.G.G.A. 34-9-1(4) states “injury” and “personal injury” shall include the aggravation of a preexisting condition by accident arising out of and...

Greetings, any time a claimant files a PFB for indemnity, TTD, TPD, PTD, or Impairment benefits, there is an accompanying claim for Penalties and Interest.  Even if we timely respond to the PFB and agree to pay any outstanding benefits, unless we agree to pay any...