FL Case Law Summaries – 1/23/17

FL Case Law Summaries – 1/23/17

By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com 1st DCA ORDERS City of Hialeah/Sedgwick CMS v. Tony Bono JCC Castiello: Miami...
New Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding One-Time Changes in Florida

New Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding One-Time Changes in Florida

By: Matthew Colon, Associate, Miami In more ways than one, the law resembles a computer program. It is often nothing more than a series of parameters to which things must be confined. In order for Z to occur, X and Y must be present. Thankfully for me my colleagues,...
New Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding One-Time Changes in Florida

Georgia’s Return to Light Duty and the WC-240 Process

By: LeRyan Lambert, Associate, Atlanta One of the most common and confusing procedures that Georgia employers and insurers face is forcing a claimant to return to work in order to suspend indemnity benefits. Simple procedural errors can cost weeks of additional...
New Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding One-Time Changes in Florida

Major Procedural Changes to Mediation/Hearing in Tennessee

By: Richard Clark, Of Counsel, Nashville As everyone in the industry knows by now, the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act underwent a major procedural and substantive overhaul in 2013 with the relevant reforms going into effect on July 1, 2014. Tennessee employers,...
New Pitfalls to Avoid Regarding One-Time Changes in Florida

Repetitive Motion Injuries: Defend, Defend, Defend!

By: Faith Searles, Associate, Tampa Workplace injuries are often associated with a single incident that immediately puts the employer on notice that they must investigate the cause of the accident, the circumstances and facts surrounding it, and hopefully eliminate or...
FL Case Law Summaries – 1/23/17

FL Case Law Summaries – 1/16/17

By:                   Ryan M. Knight Contributor:   Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, please email esantos@eralcides.com 1st DCA ORDERS DHL Express, Inc. and Sedgwick CMS v. Raquel Machin JCC Massey: Tampa District                 ...