Blog
Briefly Speaking July 2022 Author: Felicia Wymer Editors: Yosue Ochoa & Sabrina Persaud
Jackie Vitali v. Property Care Solutions, LLC, Avalon HR, LLC JCC Walker: Pensacola District...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Projecting the impact of a recession
Greetings, The news these days seems filled with doom and gloom about inflation leading to a looming recession. The question then is what will be the impact on WC claims. Looking back at the last major recession, which was officially from...
Briefly Speaking – Case Law Update Tennessee By: Ben Norris | Nashville
Braden v. Mohawk Industries, Inc., et al.Court: Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Order Date:...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Interesting WC stats
Greetings, A client asked me to do some research on WC stats in Florida, and thought I’d share some interesting bits. According to the FLDFS (Fla Dept of Financial Services) website, there were 68,916 lost time cases in Florida in 2021. That includes...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- What is money?
Greetings, I often get questions about what counts as money/earnings to offset any WC payments that are due. Here are a few of the more common ones: PTO/vacation/sick time- If a claimant received PTO pay from the Employer, it is generally not...
Briefly Speaking (6/7/2022)
Leonard Vassell v. Reyes Fleet Management, LLC and Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America, Sedgwick CMS JCC Lewis: Ft. Lauderdale District ...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- You win, you get nothing?
Greetings, The 1st DCA issued a ruling last week regarding the award of claimant attorney’s fees when no actual benefits are awarded at the time of the trial, but possibly due later. The case is attached, Guerrea v. Becton Dickinson & Co. At the trial,...
Briefly Speaking (5/9/2022)
Michael Keogh v. Haifa Limestone and Amerisure Insurance JCC Stephenson: West Palm Beach District Order date: 3/29/2022 OJCC Case: ...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Traveling to and from work
Greetings, Last week the 1st DCA issued a decision regarding travel to work when the claimant did not have a fixed workplace but rather traveled to various jobsites. The case (DSK Group, Inc. v. Hernandez) is attached. The claimant was an electrician,...
Morgan’s Tip of the week- Testing on unauthorized body parts
Greetings, We often see a doctor recommend treatment/testing to “rule in or rule out” that the injury is the cause of the ongoing symptoms or complaints. Common examples are blood work to see if there is any possible disease, a cervical MRI on a...