BY: Thomas G. Portuallo 1ST DCA ORDERS Nick Panebianco, Esq., the former attorney for the Employee/Claimant/Elizabeth Vasquez v. Jackson Health System and Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc., and Elizabeth Vasquez Appeal of the Order from JCC Rosen DCA Order Date: January 25, 2016 Case: 1D14-5501; D/A: 11/3/2007 Appellant’s Counsel: Nick Panebianco and Wendy […]
By: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Aurelio Lawrence v. American Airlines/Sedgwick CMS JCC Massey; Tampa District; Order Date: January 20, 2016 OJCC Case: 11-010126MAM; D/A: 9/21/2010 Claimant’s Counsel: Toni Villaverde Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Robert Donahue Briefly: ATTENDANT CARE – JCC Massey granted the claim for attendant care to be paid at the Federal Minimum Wage […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Aurelio Lawrence v. American Airlines/Sedgwick CMS JCC Massey; Tampa District; Order Date: January 15, 2016 OJCC Case: 13-016086MAM; D/A: 12/28/2012 Claimant’s Counsel: Toni Villaverde Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Robert Donahue Briefly: TTD; TPD – JCC Massey denied the claims for temporary total and temporary partial disability due to a […]
By: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Kathleen Cochran v. Hess Retail Operations/York Risk Services Group JCC Dietz; Sebastian-Melbourne District; Order Date: January 14, 2016 OJCC Case: 15-012944RLD; D/A: 4/16/2015 Claimant’s Counsel: Samuel S. Henderson Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Theodore M. Goldstein Briefly: NO ACCIDENT; IDIOPATHIC CONDITION – JCC Dietz determined the claimant had a compensable […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Byron Molina-Rios v. NFI Transportation/Zurich American Insurance Company JCC Massey; Tampa District; Order Date: January 11, 2016 OJCC Case: 14-012638MAM; D/A: 4/11/2014 Claimant’s Counsel: David Benn Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Joanne Prescott Briefly: ALTERNATIVE IME – JCC Massey denied the claimant’s request for an alternative psychiatric IME and found […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Daniel Lavine v. S.O.I./Hartford/CCMSI JCC Sculco; Orlando District; Order Date: January 8, 2016 OJCC Case: 14-023632TWS; D/A: 6/12/2013 Claimant’s Counsel: Michael J. MacDonald Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Gina M. Jacobs Briefly: MISREPRESENTATION DEFENSE – JCC Sculco denied the Employer/Carrier’s misrepresentation defense and found the claimant did not knowingly […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Danny Rogers v. Gateway Farms LLC, Get Up & Go, David Hajos JCC Hill; Gainesville District; Order Date: January 6, 2016 OJCC Case: 15-016938MRH; D/A: 3/21/2015 Claimant’s Counsel: Dean Burnetti Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Pro se Briefly: EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP; NOTICE OF INJURY – JCC Hill found that an employer/employee […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Jason A. Muller Crespo v. A&D Constructors, Inc./Charter Oak Fire Insurance Company JCC Condry; Orlando District; Order Date: November 30 , 2015 OJCC Case: 14-026365WJC; D/A: 10/20/2014 Claimant’s Counsel: Tony C. Francis Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Justin R. Crum Briefly: MISREPRESENTATION DEFENSE – JCC Condry found the claimant violated F.S. §440.09(4) […]
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC Orders Irma Zamuria v. American Airlines/Sedgwick CMS JCC Medina-Shore; Miami District; Order Date: October 26, 2015 OJCC Case: 10-010327CMH; D/A: 12/9/2008 Claimant’s Counsel: Toni Villaverde Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Georgia Higgins Briefly: ONE-TIME CHANGE – JCC Medina-Shore found that, although the claimant requested to treat with another physician other than Dr. Levitt […]
By: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC Orders W.H. Roger Paramore v. W. G. Yates and Sons Construction/Travelers JCC Lazzara; Tallahassee District; Order Date: October 14, 2015 OJCC Case: 15-015374JJL; D/A: 7/18/2013 Claimant’s Counsel: Pro se; formerly Henry Mowry Carrier’s Counsel: Jennifer S. Haley-Gleason Briefly: ATTORNEY’S FEES – JCC Lazzara granted in part the Motion for Approval […]