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By Michael C. Crumpler, Partner, Jacksonville There is a new paradigm for handling Florida workers’ compensation cases. The Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Castellanos v. Next Door Company, et al. (Opinion filed on April 28, 2016) drastically changed the...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS James C. Miller v. Eden Site Development, Inc./Crum & Forster and United States Fire Insurance Company JCC Pitts; Orlando District; Order Date:...

Greetings, Last week I had a few questions in regard to missing time from work for doctor/therapy appointments, and whether that we could possibly owe TPD for that time.  Apparently there was some industry article that implied we did not owe TPD for time missed for...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Raymond Carrion v. American Airlines/Sedgwick CMS JCC Castiello; Miami District; Order Date: August 9, 2016 OJCC Case: 15-026393PCC; D/A: 8/17/2015...

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 July 2016, following...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Ana Raposo v. Flagler County School Board/Johns Eastern Company, Inc./Flagler County Board of Public Ins JCC Anderson; Daytona Beach District; Order...

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 Dietz DCA Order Date: August 2,...

Greetings, Here’s one for the good guys. In one of my cases, the claimant filed a Motion for a $2,000 Advance.  We responded with a Motion stating the claimant has failed to provide evidence justifying the advance or the exact amount of the advance as required by...

BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS Jermaine Davis v. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office/USIS Appeal of the Order from JCC D’Ambrosio DCA Order Date: July 25,...

Greetings, my Tip last week prompted several questions regarding transportation to and from work when the doctor assigns a work restriction of “no driving”. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a 1st DCA case on the issue. The first thing that should be done...