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Briefly Speaking- August 2024
Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office Author: Libby Nelson, Associate, Orlando Office Addison v. Boston Whaler, Inc/Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America JCC Holley: Jacksonville...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Delays in Settlement Approvals
Greetings, (Technically the JCC’s do not “approve” represented settlements in FL, they approve the amount of attorney fees and child support arrearage, but you know what I mean…) Over the last several months there has been a distinct push by the Judges of Compensation...
Briefly Speaking- July 2024
Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Authors: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa and Libby Nelson, Associate, Orlando Ali Abukhalil v. The Home Depot USA, Inc. and Helmsman Mngt Services JCC Hedler: West Palm Beach...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- FL Litigation at a glance half way through 2024
Greetings, Well hard to believe we crossed the half-way point in 2024. I thought it would be a good time to look and see where the amount of litigation stands as compared to last year. So, through the first 6 months of 2024, the number of new litigated cases in...
EG Summer 2024 Gazette
Chief Editor: Tracie Childers, Associate, Orlando Editor: Lexi West, Junior Partner, Atlanta Editor: Libby Nelson, Associate, Orlando Wages in Lieu of Compensation By: Joel Brakken, Associate, Jacksonville So You Have to get Deposed! By: Chance Cuellar, Associate,...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Thanksgiving in July (1-time changes)
Greetings, as I was planning out my BBQ menu for next week it hit me. July 4th falls on a Thursday; the week looks an awful lot like Thanksgiving week. That means it is ripe for the shenanigans of claimant’s 1-time change requests under 440.13 (2)(f). Due...
Briefly Speaking – June 2024
Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Author: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Author: Libby Nelson, Associate, Orlando Nelson Beaubrun v. American Airlines, Inc. and Sedgwick CMS JCC Jacobs: Miami...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- FL fee schedule changes signed into law 6/17/24m effective date 1/1/25
Greetings, yesterday the Governor signed the pending bill SB 362 increasing the FL WC medical fee schedule effective 1/1/2025. The increase for medical services is from 110 percent to 175 percent of the reimbursement amount allowed by Medicare, with surgical...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- MMI, are we done yet?
Greetings, Florida has some nuances regarding Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), so here are some reminders: MMI is defined in the statute as 440.02(10) “Date of maximum medical improvement” means the date after which further recovery from, or lasting improvement to,...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- (Update) Pending FL fee schedule changes
Greetings, An update on the pending bill increasing the Florida fee schedule for physicians. The bill was finally officially sent to the Governor for signature on Friday 6/7/24 (along with a slew of other bills to sign including CS/HB 87...