by EC_Admin | Jul 26, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, my Tip of the Week last week touched on the 120-day rule and I got some good follow up questions, and requests for more detail about the 14 days, 120 days and Major Contributing Cause. So I will attempt to lay it out without getting too far down any...
by EC_Admin | Jul 22, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, I just presented a Florida CEU this morning and thought this would be a good refresher for everyone. Not responding to a PFB is the same as denying the requested benefits EXCEPT in two key circumstances: The Statute of Limitation has expired. In...
by EC_Admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, The news these days seems filled with doom and gloom about inflation leading to a looming recession. The question then is what will be the impact on WC claims. Looking back at the last major recession, which was officially from...
by EC_Admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, A client asked me to do some research on WC stats in Florida, and thought I’d share some interesting bits. According to the FLDFS (Fla Dept of Financial Services) website, there were 68,916 lost time cases in Florida in 2021. That includes all...
by EC_Admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, I often get questions about what counts as money/earnings to offset any WC payments that are due. Here are a few of the more common ones: PTO/vacation/sick time- If a claimant received PTO pay from the Employer, it is generally not...
by EC_Admin | May 11, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, The 1st DCA issued a ruling last week regarding the award of claimant attorney’s fees when no actual benefits are awarded at the time of the trial, but possibly due later. The case is attached, Guerrea v. Becton Dickinson & Co. At the trial, the...
