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Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Accidents at Employer Holiday events
Greetings, Tis the season…for WC injuries at Employer holiday events. Compensable? It depends. (This same analysis applies to all events throughout the year, not just holiday parties.) For an injury to be compensable from a recreational/social...
Briefly Speaking November 2023 Editor: Felicia Wymer Authors: Libby Nelson & Travis Coleman
Dorothy and Merlanda Altesse Guardians of Employee Yolande Altesse v. Ventura Services/Golden Glades Opco LLC/Liberty Insurance Company and Benchmark Administrators JCC Weiss: Ft. Myers...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Thanksgiving 1-time change games
Greetings, Once again, as we prepare to gather with family and friends to celebrate the season, we must be on our toes for 1-time change shenanigans over Thanksgiving. As we are all aware, based on multiple 1st DCA decisions interpreting the 1-time change section...
EG Gazette- November 2023
Articles: Fights, Drugs and Alcohol – By: Chance Cuellar – Atlanta, GA Remote Work Injuries in Tennessee: Compensable or Nah? – By: Ben Norris – Nashville, TN Late Reported Claims: Cautions about Claimants and Employers – By: Hunter Trubatch – Miami, FL Editors:...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Things that scare me
Greetings, thought it would be a good day to reflect on the things that scare me most these days in handling a FL WC claim: Missing a 1-time change: Unfortunately, the DCA has allowed this provision of the statute to really be a matter of...
Morgan’s Tip of the week- Negotiating advances
Greetings, Under the current state of the Florida law, a claimant can request an advance of up to $2,000 in their claim, even if the claim has been denied, and regardless of whether or not the E/C will be able to recoup it. (There is a 2nd layer of...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week-Give me a break?
Greetings, I get quite a few compensability questions about accidents that occur on breaks/lunch breaks. Per the caselaw there is a difference between a regular “15 minute” type break and a lunch break. The issue of whether it is a paid or...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week-Clmt moves away from light duty
Greetings, What do you do when a claimant moves away from a light duty job and the Employer does not have any light duty work in the geographic area of the claimant’s new residence? At first glance, it feels like that is a voluntary limitation of income, and you...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- Types of Claimant Atty Fees in FL
Greetings, The world of claimant attorney fees can be somewhat confusing, so I thought I would go over the types of fees under the law. There are attorney fees that are paid by the Employer/Carrier, and those that are paid by the claimant to their attorney...
Morgan’s Tip of the Week- partial TPD denials
Greetings, How do you handle a claimant who refuses or is fired from light duty, if the light duty offered did not pay 80% of their AWW? For example, the employer can only offer 20 hours a week light duty, and the carrier is paying some TPD based on the...