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By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com First DCA Orders Vincent Jones v. Food Lion, Inc. and Risk Management Services JCC Humphries: Jacksonville...

By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com First DCA Orders Palm Beach County BOCC, and Palm Beach County Fire/ Preferred Government Claims Solutions...

Greetings, I have been asked by several clients in the last week or so to summarize the trends I am seeing in litigation, so I will share with all.   Basically, from the claimant’s attorneys I am seeing two distinctly different styles of practice.   The Miles case,...

Greetings, and Happy New Year! A housekeeping reminder to increase the PTD supplemental benefits on any PTD claims where it is warranted effective 1/1/2017. For any dates of accident on or after 10/1/2003: 3% x PTD base benefit x # of years since the accident PTD...

By: Betsy Campo, Partner, Gainesville ‘Tis the season of giving, and it also is a time for us to be thankful and reflect upon those who made a difference in our lives this year. Without a doubt, our friends, families, clients and colleagues have all contributed to...

By: Ryan Knight, Associate, Miami It’s everyone’s worst nightmare. You have a settlement agreement in place, you’re getting ready to close the file and then it all falls apart at the last minute. To prevent that from happening to you, let’s take a look at someone...

By: Geoff Alexander, Associate, Birmingham Recently, OSHA began enforcing its new regulation requiring employers to have a “reasonable procedure” for employees to report work-related injuries and illnesses.  The rationale for this new requirement is that employees...

By: Allen Grant, Partner, Nashville In Tennessee, the new OSHA guidelines prohibiting mandatory post-accident drug or alcohol screens highlight the importance of the Tennessee Drug Free Workplace Program (DFWP).  While the OSHA rules prohibit this mandatory...

By: Yosue Ochoa, Associate, Miami Florida workers’ compensation laws regarding employee drug testing provide the employer/carrier with a defense to compensability if it is found that the injured worker was intoxicated or under the influence of drugs at the time of...

By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta Georgia law provides employers and insurers a defense to the payment of workers’ compensation benefits when an injured employee tests positive for a non-prescribed, controlled substance within eight (8) hours from the occurrence...