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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – DOAH Annual Report Stats
Greetings, DOAH has put out their annual report on WC litigation (Fiscal year July 2016-June 2017), and it’s a nerdy treasure of statistics and reports. This is the first full year of data since the Castellanos decision (April 2016) removing the cap on claimant’s...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries
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 Neal Gonzalez v. Pat Salmon & Sons of Florida JCC Holley: Jacksonville District...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Holiday Parties
Greetings, Tis the season for holiday parties and functions, and inevitably, holiday party claims. If its an in-office event during the workday its likely going to be compensable. The events offsite, afterhours or when the workplace is closed are trickier. As a...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 2018 Max CR and PTD Supps Reminder
Greetings, The Division of WC has announced: The maximum weekly compensation rate for work-related injuries and illnesses occurring on or after January 1, 2018 shall be shall be $917.00. By special request, a refresher/reminder to increase the PTD supplemental...
Briefly Speaking – AL Case Law Update (11/28/17)
Ex Parte West Fraser, Inc. (2017 WL 4081311 – Sept. 15, 2017) West Fraser petitions the court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order finding in favor of Thomas on the issue of compensability. The trial court determined that Thomas had...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 1-Time Change Day!
Greetings, today is the day we all have to be extra careful to scour everything that came in late Wednesday or over the weekend for 1-time change requests. So far I only received one, a fax at 5:00 exactly on Tuesday, so it was actually a Wednesday request. As a...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Constitutional Challenge
Greetings, A few tidbits this week: 1) Oral arguments being held tomorrow at the 1st DCA on whether the Maximum Compensation rate is constitutional in Bosch v. Miami Herald, OJCC# 16-008192. The claimant’s AWW is $1,458.93, and 66 2/3% would be...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (10/26/17)
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 Decisions Rodney Puckett Jr. v. Vallencourt Construction JCC Humphries: Jacksonville...
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...