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By: Richard Clark, Of Counsel, Nashville As everyone in the industry knows by now, the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act underwent a major procedural and substantive overhaul in 2013 with the relevant reforms going into effect on July 1, 2014. Tennessee...

By: Faith Searles, Associate, Tampa Workplace injuries are often associated with a single incident that immediately puts the employer on notice that they must investigate the cause of the accident, the circumstances and facts surrounding it, and hopefully eliminate...

By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com 1st DCA ORDERS DHL Express, Inc. and Sedgwick CMS v. Raquel Machin JCC Massey: Tampa District     ...

By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com   Robert Keefer v. City of Deerfield Beach and Broward County Sheriff JCC Hogan: Ft. Lauderdale...

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...