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Deposition “Foe-pas”: You Can’t Make This Up
By: Betsy Campo, Partner, Gainesville Ah…the claimant’s deposition--my favorite part of this job. The claimant’s deposition is the opportunity when we get to meet the claimant in person and find out in their words how they got hurt, what they have been doing...
Georgia: Pain Management Perspectives for Panel Physicians
By: Michael Schurdell, MD, Rome, Georgia Recently, I attended a workers’ compensation conference where there was a discussion regarding which physician specialties should be included on a company's workers’ compensation panel. They specifically discussed the...
Bonuses and the Average Weekly Wage
By: Chelsea Leonard, Associate, Orlando A popular trend, in light of the Castellanos case in Florida which increased attorney fees for claimants’ counsel, is litigation over the Average Weekly Wage. The slightest adjustment in the average weekly wage...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (10/17/17)
By: Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor: Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com Alonzie Wiggins v. Personnel Staffing Group JCC Medina-Shore: Miami District...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Out of State Accidents
Greetings, by special request, this tip will address Florida-based employee’s who are injured while working out of the state or country (due to the hurricanes or any reason). In general, if it is simply a business trip, the claimant would be considered a traveling...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 1-time Change Clock
Greetings, One of the JCC’s in West Palm Beach just issued a ruling on 1-time changes and when the 5-day clock starts. This is not a 1st DCA decision, so it is not “law”, but it is an indication on how other judges might rule. As we all well know, the 1st DCA has...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (9/26/17)
By: Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor: Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com FIRST DCA ORDERS Utopia Home Care v. Beatriz Alvarez JCC Rosen: St. Petersburg District ...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (9/20/17)
By: Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor: Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com August 2017 Attorney’s Fees & Costs Orders Miguel Hernandez v. Jakes Enterprises of Palm...
Georgia Workers’ Compensation Claim Cost Control: Returning Employees To Work
By: LeRyan Lambert, Senior Counsel, Atlanta A recent Gazette article discussed the financial benefits of maintaining valid and effective panels of physicians, and following panel procedure. Now, we will address another cost-controlling measure: preparing for and...
A Force to Be Reckoned With: Prosthetic Devices and Statute of Limitations Defenses
By: Faith Searles, Associate, Tampa How familiar are you with Newton’s third law? By way of a refresher, that tenet holds, “tfor every action there is always an equal and opposite, or contrary, reaction.” While many of us likely harken back to our seventh grade...