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Greetings, by special request, this Tip is about employee/employer relationship as it relates to1099 employees/Independent contractors.   In general, the FL WC law favors finding these individuals are employees and are covered under Workers Comp unless...

Greetings,   Effective 1/1/25, 105 days from now, the Florida WC fee schedule for surgeries and physician visits is increasing fairly significantly.   Surgeries will cost 50% more and doctor’s visits will cost 60% more (see below). Now may be...

Greetings, After a claimant has reached Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI), they can continue to treat in Florida until or unless one of a few things happens: The authorized doctor states the accident does not remain the major contributing cause (MCC) of the need...

Greetings, A common phrase when discussing claims that appear to be caused by the claimant’s own less than well thought out action is “stupidity is not a defense.”   However, on occasion, “stupidity” can cost the claimant money.  Under the Florida WC...

Greetings, Our firm has been recognized by the largest WC TPA as having one the best file duration rates in the country.  Today, they asked me to speak to their entire defense attorney panel about what our firm does differently to achieve those results. (And...

Greetings, (Technically the JCC’s do not “approve” represented settlements in FL, they approve the amount of attorney fees and child support arrearage, but you know what I mean…) Over the last several months there has been a distinct push by the Judges of...

Greetings, Well hard to believe we crossed the half-way point in 2024.  I thought it would be a good time to look and see where the amount of litigation stands as compared to last year. So, through the first 6 months of 2024, the number of new litigated cases...