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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 120 Day Rule
Greetings, earlier this week the 1st DCA heard oral arguments in a case involving MCC and the 120 day rule. The case is Williams v. Tampa Electric, OJCC # 15-029577, and we do not have a decision yet. The issue in the case is one that comes up often, so I wanted...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (7/31/17)
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 Willis Burton v. Meyer’s Warehouse and Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance JCC...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – 1st DCA Expands “Fraud”
Greetings, last week the 1st DCA expanded the misrepresentation “fraud” defense in Foods v. Howard (1D16-1789). (Click Here) In this case, there was no dispute that the claimant was involved in an accident while operating a front-end loader. However he did not...
Telecommuting in Florida: Carriers’ Liability a Reality
By: Ryan Knight, Associate, Miami Telecommuting has become increasingly popular over the past decade. More than 60 percent of organizations surveyed by the Society of Human Resource Management in 2016 said they allow some type of telecommuting. Offering remote...
What is the Tennessee Drug Formulary?
By: Richard Clark, Of Counsel, Nashville Our Nashville office has provided numerous educational training sessions regarding the Drug Formulary that has gone into effect. The training sessions have been beneficial in an effort to bring insurance professionals up to...
One More Clarification on One-Time Changes in Florida
By: Mike Quiggins, Partner, Tallahassee The First District Court of Appeal issued a recent decision providing further clarification of the employer/carrier’s obligations to satisfy a claimant’s request for a new doctor under the “one time change of physician”...
Alabama’s Workers’ Compensation Statute Under Fire
By: Matt Williams, Partner, Alabama On May 8, 2017, Jefferson County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Pat Ballard entered an Order declaring the entire Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Ballard found two sections of the Alabama...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Summaries (7/11/17)
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 Opinions Edwin Velez v. CoAdvantage JCC Condry: Orlando District ...
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...
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...