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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”,...

Greetings, I had a request to do a refresher tip on Exposure claims in Florida.   In this area, the law is fairly strong on our side (for once). The typically claims I get questions about are exposure to fumes, cleaning supplies, construction odors, mold,...

7/30/2025 Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Lucille Carson v. Mid-Florida Pathology, LLC and Amtrust North America, Inc. JCC...

Greetings, this week my Tip email is being taken over by my colleague John Fennelly of our Georgia office.  Come meet John and the rest of our attorneys at our Tampa CEU Dinner this Friday, flyer attached. JOHN’S GEORGIA TIP OF THE WEEK: Prove the Claimant...

Greetings, I had a request for a Tip on the Notice Defense. With a few exceptions (see the statute below), a claimant has 30 days to report the accident to the Employer or be barred from filing a claim.  A few nuances: Reporting the accident but refusing...

Greetings, One of the more common questions I get is does the E/C owe Temporary Partial Benefits after a claimant is terminated from employment.  The answer is..it depends on why they were fired.  (In most cases, if the Employer was not accommodating...

Greetings, last week the 1st DCA issued a brief ruling regarding claimant attorney fees paid by the Employer/Carrier in Fox v. Sarasota Co. School Bd., 1D2023-3093 (Fla 1st DCA 2025). https://1dca.flcourts.gov/content/download/2453836/opinion/Opinion_2023-3093.pdf...

Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Katie Valley, Associate, Jacksonville Office Alma Tongen, surviving spouse of Alexander Tongen v. Cemex Construction Materials of Florida, LLC and...

Greetings, the most common question I am asked is usually about compensability of idiopathic claims.   The claimant was just walking down the hallway and fell, the claimant fainted, etc…. To determine whether the claim is compensable, we have to answer 2...

Greetings, by special request, this week’s Tip is on overpayments and how they can be recouped. There are many reasons why a claimant could potentially be overpaid:  correction of the AWW, the claimant returned to work and the adjuster was not immediately...