by EC_Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | News
By: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Jonathan Brown v. Palm Beach County BOCC and Palm Beach County Fire/Preferred Government Claims Solutions JCC D’Ambrosio; West Palm Beach District; Order Date: February 1, 2016 OJCC Case: 14-022337MAD; D/A:...
by EC_Admin | Feb 3, 2016 | News
Greetings, The Division of WC and the Division of Insurance Fraud just issued their annual joint report. Remember, there are two avenues for pursuing WC fraud, the JCC through the WC system and the criminal system through the DIF. Some interesting facts of claims...
by EC_Admin | Feb 1, 2016 | News
BY: Thomas G. Portuallo JCC ORDERS Josue Charlot v. Southeast Personnel Leasing/Packard Claims Administration JCC Kerr; Miami District; Order Date: January 27, 2016 OJCC Case: 14-012503MGK; D/A: 5/21/2014 Claimant’s Counsel: Martha Fornaris Former Claimant’s...
by EC_Admin | Jan 26, 2016 | News
BY: Zal Linder | Partner As you may be aware, a new Board Rule was just enacted effective January 1, 2016. Board Rule 200.2 deals with changes to the rules governing nurse case managers and case management as a whole on our files. I have attached a full copy of the...
by EC_Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | News, Eraclides Gazette, Legal Updates
By: Ya’Sheaka Campbell Williams, Partner, Tampa In Festa v. Teleflex, Inc., the First DCA outlined the elements that a claimant must prove in order to recover under the exposure theory of an accident: (1) Prolonged exposure, (2) the cumulative effect of which is...
by EC_Admin | Jan 12, 2016 | News
As of January 1, 2016 the State Board revised Board Rule 200.2 to now allow the Employer/Insurer to “utilize qualified medical case managers to provide telephonic or field medical case management services.” Basically this allows a case manager to communicate with the...
