by EC_Admin | Sep 29, 2015 | Briefly Speaking, Legal Updates
JCC Orders Stella Vickers v. Florida Dept. of Business and Professional Regulations/Division of Risk Management JCC Lazzara; Tallahassee District; Order Date: September 28, 2015 OJCC Case: 15-004435JJL; D/A: 05/01/2012...
by EC_Admin | Sep 28, 2015 | Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
Gazette September 2015 (click above link to view)
by EC_Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
By: Ryan Lawson, Associate, Atlanta On July 1, 2015, several legislative changes went into effect which slightly amended the workers’ compensation rules and statutes. Among these changes was an increase in the Temporary Total Disability and Temporary Partial...
by EC_Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
By: Jonathan Alvarez, Associate, West Palm Beach Settlements arise as a result of an agreement between two parties. In theory, these agreements are contracts under the law. When an adjuster or defense attorney and a claimant’s attorney agree to settle a claim, it is...
by EC_Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
By: Lori Bethea, Associate, Tallahassee Imagine that while reviewing a request for payment of TT benefits in a case that was denied, but has just been deemed compensable, you discover that, during the time in question, the claimant was off work due to his injury and...
by EC_Admin | Sep 24, 2015 | Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
By: Sarah Kippers, Associate, Gainesville Historically, employers and carriers in Florida workers’ compensation claims have been able to access a claimant’s medical history. Once an employee reports an injury to his employer, he waives his physician-patient privilege...
