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BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS Cory Fairbanks Mazda/PMA Insurance Group v. Connie Minor Appeal of the Order from JCC Sculco DCA Order Date: May 25,...

Greetings, In all of the noise generated by the Castellanos case, the Miles case (below) has been overshadowed.  I’ve received a few emails today about the different orders carriers are now seeing, and it’s mostly as a result of this case.  Under Miles, a claimant...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Patria Owens v. Harvest/Holiday Retirement - Spring Oaks/Liberty Mutual Insurance JCC Lorenzen; Tampa District; Order Date: May 23, 2016 OJCC Case:...

By: Michael Arington, Associate, Jacksonville The First DCA recently made it harder to rebut the statutory presumption of compensability for heart conditions involving congenital conditions. In two cases where the heart disease was congenital, the judges said an...

By: Dan Cauley, Associate, Atlanta In order to control the medical care of an injured worker in Georgia, the employer must have maintained a valid Panel of Physicians.  Among other requirements listed under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-201, Georgia law requires the panel itself...

By: Peter K. Manso, Associate, West Palm Beach On April 21, 2016, Judge Sojourner of the Lakeland district issued an order in which she ruled that when an accident is compensable and a previous final order is issued finding no further treatment is necessary, the...

By: Matt Colon, Associate, Miami As any good Floridian knows, when a hurricane’s cone of danger sets its gaze upon the Sunshine State, it is time to batten down the hatches. We all know to stock up on water, canned fruit salad, and batteries. We shutter our...

Greetings, The statute has an inconsistency in addressing when a response to a Petition for Benefits is due.  Under 440.192(8), the carrier must respond to the PFB within 14 days.   However, under 440.34(3)(d) no attorney fees are due to the claimant’s attorney as...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS John O’Connor v. Indian River County Fire Rescue/Johns Eastern Company, Inc. Appeal of the Order from JCC Robert L. Dietz DCA Order Date: May 20,...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Jennifer Sanders v. JML Support Services/AmTrust North America of Florida JCC Winn; Pensacola District; Order Date: May 12, 2016 OJCC Case:...