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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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”...

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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...

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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                ...

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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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