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Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Lightning Injuries
Greetings, Central Florida is the “lightning capital” of the US, and we have to deal with workplace injuries due to lightning strikes. Attached is a 1946 case, Ft. Pierce Growers Ass_n v. Storey_ 158 Fla. 192, where the majority found that a lightning strike that...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Medical Non-Compliance
Greetings, I have a had a few questions about claimant’s missing appointments and medical non-compliance. First, we can not charge a claimant for the no-show fees for authorized treatment. However, for an IME we can charge ½ of the no-show fee if we gave the...
Tip of the Week- Tricks Of The Year
Greetings, I’m putting the finishing touches on a new CEU entitled “Poof! Ta da! Top 10 Claimant attorney tricks for 2019”. Basically a list of the things that have burned us, and I thought I’d share one. (And on a lighter note, if you need a laugh, here is a link...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Marijuana Status
Greetings, A few of you have asked for a handout or summary of my talk with Dr. Frohwein at the WCI convention on Medical Marijuana, so I thought I would pass on a few takeaways. (If you’d like the doctor and I to come present this CEU at your office, please let me...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – Distance to Doctors
Greetings, Many claimant attorneys continue to fight us over the distance claimant’s have to travel for appointments. See below for my past tip on the state of the law on distance. My partner in Tampa, Ya’Sheaka Campbell just won a JCC case on this issue. The...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (8/6/18)
Samuel Phillips v. Tyson Foods JCC Winn: Pensacola District Order Date: July 7, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-023047 Date of Accident: May 2, 1976 Claimant’s Counsel: Douglas H. Glicken E/C’s Counsel: Tara...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (7/31/18)
Lawrence P. Levin v. Spencer Gifts Holdings JCC Sojourner: Lakeland District Opinion Date: July 5, 2018 OJCC Case: 11-029044 Date of Accident: January 1, 2011 Claimant’s Trial...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week – PTD Terms
Greetings, As our workforce ages in Florida, we will continue to see an increase in PTD claims. (Here’s a link to two great studies on the workforce aging and population in Florida)....
Briefly Speaking – FL Attorney’s Fees Updates (7/5/18)
Carol Prokap v. PRP Wine International JCC Weiss: Ft. Myers District Order Date: June 1, 2018 OJCC Case: 13-029487 JCC Order: Click Here Claimant’s Counsel: Brian Sutter E/C’s...
Briefly Speaking – FL Case Law Updates (7/3/18)
Robert Williams v. Wells Fargo JCC Dietz: Melbourne District Opinion Date: June 5, 2018 OJCC Case: 17-005854 Date of Accident: November 23, 2016 Claimant’s Trial Counsel: Daniel...