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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 who...

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 screening,...

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 the...

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 of...

By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (O.S.H.A.) recently released an updated set of regulations governing employer requirements for workers reporting occupational injuries and illnesses. These updated regulations, which...

Greetings, DOAH has published the annual report for their fiscal year, 7/1/15-6/30/16….DO NOT PRINT unless you want 236 pages.   That window of time only contains two months of litigation post-Castellanos, but its interesting and shows statistics  on each venue. Quick...

Greetings, Tis the season for holiday parties and functions, and inevitably holiday party claims.  If its an in-office event during the workday its likely going to be compensable.  The afterhours or when the workplace is closed events are trickier. As a reminder, to...

Greetings, Due to the changes in the law from the Castellanos and Westphal cases, WC rates in Florida were set to increase by 14.5% tomorrow, 12/1/2016.  However, a Miami claimant’s attorney filed a lawsuit against NCCI in Leon County, the rate setting agency, stating...