by EC_Admin | Nov 6, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, A few tidbits this week: 1) Oral arguments being held tomorrow at the 1st DCA on whether the Maximum Compensation rate is constitutional in Bosch v. Miami Herald, OJCC# 16-008192. The claimant’s AWW is $1,458.93, and 66 2/3% would be...
by EC_Admin | Oct 9, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, by special request, this tip will address Florida-based employee’s who are injured while working out of the state or country (due to the hurricanes or any reason). In general, if it is simply a business trip, the claimant would be considered a traveling...
by EC_Admin | Sep 5, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, On Monday, the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), proposed a statewide premium decrease of 9.6% for 2018 (rates would be effective 1/1/2018). The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation now has to review the filing and there will be a public...
by EC_Admin | Aug 22, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, I am working on a new CEU outline called “Whoops I did it again! Common Mistakes in Litigation”. One of the common mistakes I am seeing is equivocal responses to PFB’s that don’t really say yes or no as to whether the benefit will be provided. A “maybe”...
by EC_Admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, earlier this week the 1st DCA heard oral arguments in a case involving MCC and the 120 day rule. The case is Williams v. Tampa Electric, OJCC # 15-029577, and we do not have a decision yet. The issue in the case is one that comes up often, so I wanted to...
by EC_Admin | Jul 31, 2017 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, last week the 1st DCA expanded the misrepresentation “fraud” defense in Foods v. Howard (1D16-1789). (Click Here) In this case, there was no dispute that the claimant was involved in an accident while operating a front-end loader. However he did not seek...
