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Greetings, make sure to join us for our first Tips of the Month webinar on 10/8 at 11:30, just 30 minutes of education, tips and tricks, and 10/9 for our afterhours Orlando office open house and CEU. To register please email at EG@eraclides.com to get the...

9/23/2025 Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Patrick Daniel v. Delta Airlines and Sedgwick CMS JCC Lewis: Ft. Lauderdale...

Happy Wednesday! I CAN’T be the only one who has had a claimant/opposing counsel try to argue the Claimant never used their one-time Change of Physician… don’t let it happen with the tip below. ONE-time Change of Physician means ONE! JOHN’S GEORGIA TIP OF THE WEEK:...

(Join me on 10/8 for our new monthly live 30 min webinar, Tips of the Month, and on 10/9 for our open house CEU in Maitland check out the flyers attached and you can register at EG@eraclides.com) Greetings, by special request, this week’s Tip is on the Aggressor...

Here’s a tip for a scenario we see quite often in Georgia. JOHN’S GEORGIA TIP OF THE WEEK: Can A Claimant Receiving Workers’ Compensation Benefits Refuse a Suitable Light Duty Job Offer Because They Do Not Want to Work a Different Shift? Generally, NO! O.C.G.A. §...

Greetings, last week the 1st DCA issued a favorable opinion for Employer/Carriers in Murphy v. Polk Co. Bd. Of Commissioners (attached), although I do not think it goes as far as we would like. Since the Longley case in 2012, a claimant’s attorney could dismiss a...

Happy Tuesday! JOHN’S GEORGIA TIP OF THE WEEK: How Do I Calculate the Claimant’s Average Weekly Wage? The Average Weekly Wage (AWW) is the Claimant’s average gross earnings during the 13 weeks immediately preceding the date of accident. If the Claimant did not work...

8/27/2025 Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Kara Weldon v. Astellas US LLC and Sompo America Fire & Marine Insurance Company, Gallagher...

Greetings, by special request, this week’s Tip is on the impact of deportation on documented/legal workers. I am hearing of an increase in injured workers whose visa/work status expired, and then they are deported.  A few issues: TPD- if the Employer was able...

Greetings, if you need the credits for the 4 hr law and ethics class, join us tomorrow, sign up here:  https://eraclides.com/events/ By special request from an adjuster who had a claim where “the claimant has come back positive for every drug under the sun”,...