by EC_Admin | Feb 28, 2018 | News
Greetings, The 1st DCA just issued a good ruling regarding the Statute of Limitations, Ring Power Corp. v. Murphy, 17-1316. In this case, the claimant had a fusion with rods and screws in 2006. He last had treatment in 2013, and when he filed a PFB in 2016, the...
by EC_Admin | Jan 19, 2018 | News
Edward Webb v. Quality Stone JCC Clark: Ft. Myers District Order Date: January 2, 2018 OJCC Case: 16-023827 Date of Accident: November 4, 2013 Claimant’s Counsel: Bill B. Berke E/C’s...
by EC_Admin | Nov 28, 2017 | News
Ex Parte West Fraser, Inc. (2017 WL 4081311 – Sept. 15, 2017) West Fraser petitions the court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order finding in favor of Thomas on the issue of compensability. The trial court determined that Thomas had...
by EC_Admin | Oct 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 Decisions Rodney Puckett Jr. v. Vallencourt Construction JCC Humphries: Jacksonville...
by EC_Admin | Oct 25, 2017 | News
By: Betsy Campo, Partner, Gainesville Ah…the claimant’s deposition–my favorite part of this job. The claimant’s deposition is the opportunity when we get to meet the claimant in person and find out in their words how they got hurt, what they have been doing...
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...