by EC_Admin | Aug 16, 2023 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, How do you handle a claimant who refuses or is fired from light duty, if the light duty offered did not pay 80% of their AWW? For example, the employer can only offer 20 hours a week light duty, and the carrier is paying some TPD based on the 80%/80%...
by EC_Admin | Jul 24, 2023 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, We are still in a bit of no man’s land on definitive answers regarding the use of Medical Marijuana and the intoxication defense in Florida. (The 1st DCA has upheld the law that WC does not need to pay for Medical Marijuana.) I have heard the...
by EC_Admin | Jul 11, 2023 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, In the 2015 Jennings v. Habana case (link below), the 1st DCA established that prevailing party costs are separate and distinct from claimant’s attorney fees. The DCA opined that if the Employer/Carrier provides any benefits after a Petition for...
by EC_Admin | Jun 27, 2023 | News, Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, I have a received a few questions about the impact Florida Senate Bill 1718 will have on Florida WC. The new law imposes stricter penalties on those who smuggle unauthorized aliens, etc…but a few provisions will have an indirect effect on WC. ...
by EC_Admin | Jun 20, 2023 | News, Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, If any of you have attended our firm’s CEU’s or webinars over the years, you have likely heard us explain the Florida WC Statute of Limitations as “2 years from the date of accident or 1 year from the last provision of a benefit, whichever is...
by EC_Admin | Jun 5, 2023 | Morgan's Tips of the Week
Greetings, last week the 1st DCA issued a ruling regarding the 120-day rule and the necessity of sending the “120-day letter” in the link below is the case of Churchill v. DBI Services (1D21-3199). The “initial provision of compensation or benefits” starts a Carrier’s...
