by EC_Admin | Dec 21, 2015 | Morgan's Tips of the Week, Legal Updates
Greetings, Happy holidays! If any of you are looking for something to curl up and read by the fire over the holidays, DOAH has published their annual report. Here is a link, but don’t print, its over 250 pages....
by EC_Admin | Dec 2, 2015 | Briefly Speaking, Legal Updates
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...
by EC_Admin | Nov 23, 2015 | Legal Updates
BY: Allen Callison Appeals Board Order Joseph Willis v. All Staff Docket: 2014-05-0005 Judge: Marshall Davidson Claimant’s Counsel: Gene Hallworth Employer/Carrier’s Counsel: Duane Willis Briefly: Appeals Board reversed the Trial Court’s award of medical and...
by EC_Admin | Nov 23, 2015 | News, Morgan's Tips of the Week, Legal Updates
This is the week we don’t give thanks for the 1st DCA’s decisions regarding one-time changes. Every Wednesday before Thanksgiving, as sure as the black Friday crowds, you can count on some claimant attorney’s trying to slide a request for a 1-time change by an E/C...
by EC_Admin | Nov 11, 2015 | Morgan's Tips of the Week, Legal Updates
Greetings, last week the 1st DCA issued a ruling in Frankel v. Loxahatchee Club, Inc. (1D15-1289), regarding apportionment (440.15(5)(b)). Click HERE for Frankel case. The E/C argued that they only needed to pay 55% of the claimant’s arthroscopic shoulder surgery,...
by EC_Admin | Oct 30, 2015 | Legal Updates
By: Marcus Rodriguez, Associate, Orlando Knowing how to effectively finalize a settlement with a pro se claimant is an essential skill that decreases workers’ compensation litigation costs. Under Fla. Stat. 440.20(11), when a settlement agreement is reached with an...
