by EC_Admin | Sep 4, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Kenny Bishop, Associate, Georgia In Georgia, heart attacks and strokes are not generally compensable as workers’ compensation injuries; however, if the Claimant can prove “by a preponderance of competent and credible evidence” that the Claimant’s employment...
by EC_Admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Sean Callahan, Partner, Orlando According to the Pew Research Center, unauthorized immigrants made up 4.8% of the U.S. labor force in 2016, a decline since their peak of 5.4% in 2007. However, Florida had 5.6% (again, from 2016), which is obviously above the...
by EC_Admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Wes Heim, Associate, Tampa When treatment is denied in a pending comp. claim, an injured worker may be permitted to seek initial treatment at the expense of the Employer under Fla. Stat. 440.13(2)(c) (2003). The initial burden to the Claimant is to demonstrate a...
by EC_Admin | Jul 31, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Chelsea England Leonard, Associate, Orlando Put that phone down! Answering emails, checking the headlines, and looking at dog memes while behind the wheel now comes with new consequences. A new, stricter law has gone into effect in Florida on July 1, 2019, banning...
by EC_Admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Gina Case, Associate, Sarasota While I was visiting colleges during my senior year of high school, I clearly remember a quite unusual individual. She must have been in her late 60’s with grey hair and a slender build. But it wasn’t her age or looks that made her...
by EC_Admin | Jun 3, 2019 | Eraclides Gazette
By: Michael Arington, Associate, Jacksonville Under newly created Fla. Stat. 112.1816, firefighters will be covered for 21 types of cancer starting July 1, 2019. The new law also provides for a one time $25,000.00 payment upon the initial diagnosis along with a...
