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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;...
The Life of a Workers’ Compensation Claim After Death
By Sean Jordan, Associate, Orlando The exclusive-remedy provision of Florida Workers' Compensation law defines the sole and total liability of an employer for injuries to an employee and expressly extends to the husband or wife, parents, dependents, and next of kin...
“But For” Does Not Apply in Alabama
By: Jamie Sanders, Partner, Birmingham How many jurisdictions apply the “but for” standard to the issue of compensability? You know, the premise that because the employee’s injury occurred at work it is compensable? This seems like the plausible outcome, but hold...
Attorney Fee Restrictions No Longer Miles Away
By: Fred Vitale, Associate, Tampa Just prior to the Florida Supreme Court’s decision in Castellanos, the First DCA issued another important opinion regarding attorney’s fees in Miles v. City of Edgewater Police Department, Case No. 1D15-0165, 41 Fla. L. Weekly D...
FL Case Law Summaries – 6/28/16
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS Deborah Evans v. Holland & Knight/Sentry Insurance Appeal of the Order from JCC Lorenzen DCA Order Date: June 24,...