by EC_Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | News
By: Michael Schurdell, MD, Rome, Georgia Recently, I attended a workers’ compensation conference where there was a discussion regarding which physician specialties should be included on a company’s workers’ compensation panel. They specifically discussed...
by EC_Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | News
By: Chelsea Leonard, Associate, Orlando A popular trend, in light of the Castellanos case in Florida which increased attorney fees for claimants’ counsel, is litigation over the Average Weekly Wage. The slightest adjustment in the average weekly wage following...
by EC_Admin | Sep 26, 2017 | News
Greetings, One of the JCC’s in West Palm Beach just issued a ruling on 1-time changes and when the 5-day clock starts. This is not a 1st DCA decision, so it is not “law”, but it is an indication on how other judges might rule. As we all well know, the 1st DCA has...
by EC_Admin | Sep 26, 2017 | News
By: Ryan M. Knight – Miami Contributor: Tara Said – Pensacola To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com FIRST DCA ORDERS Utopia Home Care v. Beatriz Alvarez JCC Rosen: St. Petersburg District ...
by EC_Admin | Jul 28, 2017 | News
By: Mike Quiggins, Partner, Tallahassee The First District Court of Appeal issued a recent decision providing further clarification of the employer/carrier’s obligations to satisfy a claimant’s request for a new doctor under the “one time change of physician”...
by EC_Admin | Jul 28, 2017 | News
By: Matt Williams, Partner, Alabama On May 8, 2017, Jefferson County, Alabama Circuit Court Judge Pat Ballard entered an Order declaring the entire Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Ballard found two sections of the Alabama...
