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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Medical Bills

Greetings, Often, the initial PFB filed in a claim seeks payment of hospital-related bills along with other claims.  And many times, we don’t have the records yet from that treatment to know if it was in fact related to our accident. The traditional PFB response...

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Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (7/6/17)

By:                    Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor:   Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com June 2017 Attorney Fees & Costs Orders Robert Willoughby v. Madison Correctional Institute...

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AL Case Law Summary – 6/23/17

Ex parte R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc. (Ala. Civ. App. 6/16/17)             R.E. Garrison Trucking, Inc. (“Garrison”), filed a writ of mandamus directing the Washington Circuit Court (“the trial court”) to vacate its order denying Garrison’s motion for a change of...

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Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (6/22/17)

By:                    Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor:   Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com JCC ORDERS Teresa Russell v. Residence Inn JCC Holley: Jacksonville District                 ...

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Medical Necessity—Speak Now or Forever Lose the Right

By: Mary Frances Nelson, Partner, Fort Myers The Florida Legislature recently wrapped up its 2017 session with no new workers’ compensation laws. One of the bills presented attempted further regulation of medical necessity and responses by a carrier. A bill...

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A Workers’ Comp Approach to the Compounded Creams Conundrum

By: Alex Lyle, Associate, Sarasota Compound medications are typically medically indicated in cases where a patient cannot tolerate commercially available medications approved by the FDA. For instance, when a person is allergic to one of the inactive ingredients in...

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Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (6/9/17)

By:                    Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor:   Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com May 2017 Attorney Fees & Costs Orders Maria Arciniega v. Dade County School Board JCC...

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Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (6/2/17)

By:                    Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor:   Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com JCC ORDERS  Ronald Smith v. City of Jacksonville JCC Holley: Jacksonville District...

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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – End to SSD Offsets?

Greetings, One of the items listed in the White House’s proposed 2018 Federal budget (beginning  10/1/17) is to put an end to our ability in Florida to offset WC  against Social Security Disability.   This has not passed yet, it is in the proposed budget which...

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