by EC_Admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, As you may have heard, the Division of Admin Hearings (DOAH) just confirmed some long-rumored closures of 4 physical Judge of Compensation offices, Lakeland, Sebastian/Melbourne, Gainesville and Port. St. Lucie venues. The Judge in Lakeland, Judge...
by EC_Admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, last week the 1st DCA issued a decision regarding the Going and Coming rule (440.092(2)) in the Aquino v. American Airlines case. In this case, the claimant had clocked out, and walked through the airport terminal towards the parking lot shuttle bus stop to...
by EC_Admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week, Legal Updates
Greetings, last week the 1 DCA issued a very important decision regarding the meaning of “Arising out of” means and its impact on idiopathic claims. To this day, the number one question I seem to get is is it compensable if a claimant is just walking at work and falls...
by EC_Admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Legal Updates, Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings,There are some amendments to the “Q-Rules”, the WC Rules of Procedure that go into effect on Monday, 2/14/22 (so consider this my little gift to you).Most of the changes are minor and are more on our end as defense attorneys, but three that should be noted...
by EC_Admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings,There is quite a bit of confusion as to what timeframe an adjuster has to respond to a request for benefits underFlorida law. And the answer is..it depends how they ask and who is asking. Good Faith Letter: There is no requirement an adjuster responds to...
by EC_Admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, For claimant’s with a date of accident between 1/1/1994 and 9/30/2003, there was a cap on the window where temporary benefits were available of 401 weeks. Under 440.15(3)(c) they had to use their 104 weeks (back then) of TTD or TPD within 401 weeks (7...
