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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, Atlanta Too Little, Too Late: Statute of Limitations Issues in Georgia WC Claims By: Jordan Goldring, Associate, Atlanta […]
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 to a series of decisions by the 1st […]
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 District Order Date: 05-21-2024 OJCC Case: 24-002852JIJ Date of Accident: 12-19-2023 JCC Order: Click Here Briefly: Advance Summary: The claimant sought an advance payment due to […]
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 procedures increasing from 140 percent of Medicare to 210 percent. Hopefully this will bring more […]
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, an injury or disease can no longer reasonably be anticipated, based upon reasonable medical probability. As […]
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 – Taking of Bears (not sure whether you can or cannot take bears but I’m […]
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- 1st DCA clarifies the SOL
Greetings, You may recall a Tip that I did last year about a potential drastic change to how the Fla 1st DCA was applying the Statute of Limitations in the Annalie Ortiz v. Winn-Dixie, Inc (1D21-0885) case The DCA’s opinion in Ortiz was put on hold pending Motions for Rehearing, and it has just sat […]
Briefly Speaking- May 2024
Editor: Felicia Wymer, Partner, Pensacola Office Authors: Travis Coleman, Junior Partner, Tampa Office and Libby Nelson, Associate, Orlando Office Raul Fonte v. ECU Worldwide and Memic Indemnity Company JCC Kerr: Miami District Order Date: 04-24-2024 OJCC Case: 23-012326MGK Date of Accident: 04-27-2023 JCC Order: Click Here Briefly: Repetitive Trauma Summary: The claimant, a forklift […]
Pending Marijuana changes and the impact on FL, GA and TN Work Comp
There has been a lot of discussion regarding the pending changes regarding the Federal government reducing marijuana to a Schedule III drug, allowing for its medicinal use. Below are summaries regarding the state of medical marijuana in Workers’ Compensation in our three states and what the looming changes may mean for the future. By Morgan […]
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- pending Marijuana legal status change
Greetings, As you may have heard, there are proposed changes at the Federal level regarding the use of medical marijuana. As of right now there has been no official change yet, but here is a recap of where we are in Florida, the proposed changes at the Federal level and the timing, and the likely […]