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Briefly Speaking – Case Law Updates (11/25/20)
Adriana Santiago v. SBA Communication Corp. JCC Hedler: West Palm Beach District Order date: 11/4/2020 OJCC Case: 20-001834TAH Date of Accident: 11/25/2019 Claimant’s Counsel: Brian...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Change of Seasons/Change of Doctors
Greetings, hard to believe Thanksgiving is next week. It’s been a year to remember, but don’t forget to stay on the look-out for 1-time changes. As a reminder, any requests received before 5 pm EST on Wednesday before Thanksgiving (11/25) need to be answered by 5...
Briefly Speaking – Case Law Updates (11/13/20)
Bruce Lieske v. Airco Aviation Services, LLC and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. JCC Owens: Port St. Lucie District Order Date: 10/12/2020 OJCC Case: # 20-008054 Date of Accident:...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – PFB Trends
Greetings, hope everyone is doing well. Litigation is slowly starting to increase back to pre-pandemic levels, and so is the flood of PFB’s. Since April, the number of new litigated WC claims in Florida is down 13% compared to 2019. However, since September its...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – MCC and Specific Diagnosis
Greetings, the 1st DCA issued a ruling last week clarifying-ish Major Contributing Cause and the 120 day rule in Sanchez v. Yellow Transport, 1D19-4231. The crux of the case was the E/C had authorized treatment over the years for the “lumbar spine”, and had never...
COVID-19 And The OJCC: Revisited
COVID-19 & THE OJCC REVISITED An update on the pandemic and its ongoing impact in the Florida Workers’ Compensation system. By: Wes Heim - Tampa Just a few months ago we took a look at how the OJCC had been affected by the pandemic...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – FL COVID WC Stats
Greetings, the Florida Division of Workers’ Comp just put out a report summarizing the data from the COVID-19 claims through August 31. A link to the full report is below. My colleague We Heim in our Tampa office will be doing a deeper dive in an upcoming...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Discovery Delays
Greetings, One of the impacts of the Coronavirus on litigation is the delay on the ability to do the level of discovery that is really essential in defeating or driving down the value in WC claims. Getting our arms around a claimant’s past medical history, prior...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – More Florida UE Changes Coming
Greetings, last week, Florida announced it will apply to participate in the Federal Lost Wages Assistance Program created by the President’s Executive Order. The CARES Act additional $600 in unemployment benefits expired on 7/31, and mostly everyone on...
Briefly Speaking – Case Law Updates (8/31/20)
Mary Thompson v. Escambia County School Board First DCA Judges: Lewis, Roberts, and Makar Order date: 8/17/2020 JCC Winn: Pensacola District Order date: 10/11/2019 OJCC Case: ...