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Cloudy with a Chance of…Furballs? Implications of the Emotional Support Animal Ruling
By: Betsy Campo, Partner, Gainesville Your eyes are not deceiving you; the number of pets sporting “emotional support animal” vests has been on the rise. In fact, according to researchers from the University of California at Davis, there has been a tenfold increase...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Evidence Standard Uncertainty
Greetings, Last week the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the Fla Legislature’s adoption of the Federal standard of admissibility of expert testimony, the Daubert standard, was unconstitutional. HOWEVER, there is still uncertainty because the Fla WC system is...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (10/3/18)
Whiteside, John vs. Amazon.com DEDC, LLC JCC Arthur: Lakeland District Order Date: September 17, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-026675RAA Date of Accident: 11/11/2016 Claimant’s Counsel: Bradley G....
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Breaking the Rules
Greetings, (Come hear me speak at a CEU with Dr. Halperin in Lake Mary after work on 10/24, flyer attached) Nothing frustrates an employer more than a claimant that is injured while breaking or ignoring a rule. In some instances there may be a defense or partial...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Lightning Injuries
Greetings, Central Florida is the “lightning capital” of the US, and we have to deal with workplace injuries due to lightning strikes. Attached is a 1946 case, Ft. Pierce Growers Ass_n v. Storey_ 158 Fla. 192, where the majority found that a lightning strike that...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Medical Non-Compliance
Greetings, I have a had a few questions about claimant’s missing appointments and medical non-compliance. First, we can not charge a claimant for the no-show fees for authorized treatment. However, for an IME we can charge ½ of the no-show fee if we gave the...
Tip of the Week- Tricks Of The Year
Greetings, I’m putting the finishing touches on a new CEU entitled “Poof! Ta da! Top 10 Claimant attorney tricks for 2019”. Basically a list of the things that have burned us, and I thought I’d share one. (And on a lighter note, if you need a laugh, here is a...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Marijuana Status
Greetings, A few of you have asked for a handout or summary of my talk with Dr. Frohwein at the WCI convention on Medical Marijuana, so I thought I would pass on a few takeaways. (If you’d like the doctor and I to come present this CEU at your office, please let...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Distance to Doctors
Greetings, Many claimant attorneys continue to fight us over the distance claimant’s have to travel for appointments. See below for my past tip on the state of the law on distance. My partner in Tampa, Ya’Sheaka Campbell just won a JCC case on this issue. The...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (8/6/18)
Samuel Phillips v. Tyson Foods JCC Winn: Pensacola District Order Date: July 7, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-023047 Date of Accident: May 2, 1976 Claimant’s Counsel: Douglas H. Glicken E/C’s Counsel: ...