by EC_Admin | Nov 2, 2016 | News
Greetings, Well we are 6 months (6 months 3 days and 21 hours but who is counting) since the decision in Castellanos, and the sky has not fallen entirely. Yes, we have seen a 14.5% rate increase, adjuster and employer depositions are being set, and we have been hit...
by EC_Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | News
By: LeRyan Lambert, Associate, Atlanta Georgia Partner George Waters serves on The Board of Directors of the American Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section. At a recent meeting, the State Board addressed three main points that are applicable to claims...
by EC_Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | News
By: Mary Frances Nelson, Partner, Fort Myers Last month, Judge Spangler entered a Compensation Order in the case of Stuckey v. Hillsborough Area Regional Transit, OJCC Case No. 12-027186, denying payment of temporary partial disability benefits outside of the 104...
by EC_Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | News
By: Allen Grant, Partner, Nashville Possibly the most common question I get from clients is, “Do I have to give them a panel of physicians?” The answer is relatively simple under the new law constructs in Tennessee. By and large, if medical treatment is...
by EC_Admin | Oct 27, 2016 | News
By: Ryan Knight, Associate, Miami Should the federal government oversee state workers’ compensation systems? If so, what would that look like? Does the federal government even have the authority to regulate state administrative courts? The only time the federal...
by EC_Admin | Oct 25, 2016 | News
Greetings, Below is a link to a summary of the JCC decisions in the month of September on claimant’s attorney fees on our firm’s website. (If you don’t receive a copy of our firm’s Briefly Speaking emails, JCC and DCA decisions summarized by my partner and former...
