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Strip Clubs No Longer Able to Skirt Their Way Around Workers’ Compensation Coverage
By: Ryan Knight, Associate, Miami Ask yourself, who seems to control the environment when you walk into an exotic dance club – the dancer or the club? Most people would answer the club and that’s exactly how a Federal Court of Appeals ruled in McFeeley v. Jackson...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/25/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS Adan Luciano, Jr. v. Adecco/Broadspire Appeal of the Order from JCC Geraldine Hogan DCA Order Date: July 20, 2016 ...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/20/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Mary Annice Heinle v. Miami-Dade Public Schools/Miami-Dade Public School Board/Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. JCC Kerr; Miami District; Order Date:...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/12/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Barbara Holcomb v. Lowe’s Store 2367/Sedgwick CMS JCC Rosen; Panama City District; Order Date: July 8, 2016 OJCC Case: 12-016306LAR; D/A: 9/13/2011...
Tip Of The Week – Attorney Fee Summaries
Greetings, Our firm emails a daily summary of all JCC and 1st DCA WC decisions under the heading of "Briefly Speaking", written by my law partner and former JCC, Tom Portuallo. For your convenience, here is a summary of all the decisions regarding attorney fees for...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/11/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS THG Rentals & Sales of Clearwater, Inc./Summit Holdings - Claims Center v. James C. Arnold Appeal of the Order from JCC Rosen DCA Order Date:...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/7/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com UPDATE ON ATTORNEY’S FEES - HOW MUCH ARE THE COURTS AWARDING? The following is an update on JCC and DCA attorney fee decisions published in June 2016, since the...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/5/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Frances M. DeRosa v. TJX Companies dba HomeGoods and Zurich American Insurance Company JCC Rosen; St. Petersburg District; Order Date: July 1, 2016...
FL Case Law Summaries – 7/1/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Pilar Rojas v. Hilton Worldwide, Inc. d/b/a Conrad Miami/Sedgwick CMS JCC Almeyda; Miami District; Order Date: June 29, 2016 OJCC Case: 14-016805ERA;...
FL Case Law Summaries – 6/30/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS David W. Buerki v. WW Pallet, Inc./AmTrust North America of Florida JCC Lorenzen; Tampa District; Order Date: June 27, 2016 OJCC Case: 15-022800EHL;...