by EC_Admin | May 31, 2016 | News
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Dawn McDonald (deceased) and Kevin McDonald v. Faneuil, Inc./Travelers Insurance JCC Condry; Orlando District; Order Date: May 26, 2016 OJCC Case:...
by EC_Admin | May 27, 2016 | News
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com 1ST DCA ORDERS Cory Fairbanks Mazda/PMA Insurance Group v. Connie Minor Appeal of the Order from JCC Sculco DCA Order Date: May 25, 2016 ...
by EC_Admin | May 27, 2016 | News
Greetings, In all of the noise generated by the Castellanos case, the Miles case (below) has been overshadowed. I’ve received a few emails today about the different orders carriers are now seeing, and it’s mostly as a result of this case. Under Miles, a claimant can...
by EC_Admin | May 24, 2016 | News
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo To receive daily e-mails with case law summaries, e-mail: Esantos@eraclides.com JCC ORDERS Patria Owens v. Harvest/Holiday Retirement – Spring Oaks/Liberty Mutual Insurance JCC Lorenzen; Tampa District; Order Date: May 23, 2016 OJCC Case:...
by EC_Admin | May 24, 2016 | News
By: Michael Arington, Associate, Jacksonville The First DCA recently made it harder to rebut the statutory presumption of compensability for heart conditions involving congenital conditions. In two cases where the heart disease was congenital, the judges said an...
by EC_Admin | May 24, 2016 | News
By: Dan Cauley, Associate, Atlanta In order to control the medical care of an injured worker in Georgia, the employer must have maintained a valid Panel of Physicians. Among other requirements listed under O.C.G.A. § 34-9-201, Georgia law requires the panel itself to...