by EC_Admin | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Greetings, by special request, I am doing this tip on the effect a termination of employment has on TPD benefits. A. If the claimant voluntarily resigns, and the employer was providing light duty with no loss of earnings in the 80/80 formula, you can...
by EC_Admin | Apr 14, 2017 | News
Do you have employees/claimants treating in pain management or with narcotics? Do you worry that overdose could result in fatal consequences, and whether that’s compensable? With the pain pill epidemic and risk of dependence and abuse, these are timely questions to...
by EC_Admin | Apr 10, 2017 | News
Erin Agricola and Matthew Williams successfully defended a workers’ compensation lawsuit on behalf of a large tire manufacturer in February 2017. On or about September 20, 2015, while working in the line and scope of his employment, Plaintiff Jim Knox suffered an...
by EC_Admin | Apr 10, 2017 | News
By: Sean O’Neil, Associate, Jacksonville It is hardly a unique situation– the claimant files a Petition for Benefits seeking an orthopedic referral or authorization of diagnostic testing while under the care of an authorized physician, but fails to attach the...
by EC_Admin | Apr 10, 2017 | News
By: Ya’Sheaka Williams, Partner, Tampa What is the employer/carrier’s responsibility to an injured worker when an injury causes such disability that their current residence cannot accommodate them? This occurs in cases where the claimant sustains a catastrophic injury...
by EC_Admin | Apr 10, 2017 | News
By: Ryan Knight, Associate, Miami It is every adjuster’s worst nightmare, a serious accident followed by the development of an even more serious medical condition. What happens when a claimant is involved in a compensable accident and then suffers a heart attack or...
