David Langham is the Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims for the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims at the Division of Administrative Hearings. He has been involved in workers’ compensation for over 25 years as an attorney, an adjudicator, and administrator. He has delivered hundreds of professional lectures, published numerous articles on workers’ compensation in a variety of publications, and is a frequent blogger on Florida Workers’ Compensation Adjudication. David is a founding director of the National Association of Workers’ Compensation Judiciary and the Professional Mediation Institute, and is involved in the Southern Association of Workers’ Compensation Administrators (SAWCA) and the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC). He is a vocal advocate of leveraging technology and modernizing the dispute resolution processes of workers’ compensation.

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Bankruptcy and Workers' Compensation

• 04/06/20

A news story published by Daily Mail last winter caused me to reflect on American workers' compensation. The headline refers to a "horror moment," that led to a flight attendant Breaking Her Leg in ...
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Six Degrees of COVID-19

• 04/03/20

Six Degrees of COVID-19. The virus continues to affect individuals and American society. It is impacting the workplace, social life, spiritual gatherings, and more. Pew ...
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You are Essential

• 04/01/20

What/who is essential? That is a word game that has been getting some attention lately. The reactions to the novel virus in 2020 have come from national, state, and local government. There have been both ...
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Be Clear on the Merits

• 03/30/20

These are trying times. There is a great deal of stress in our communities. People are struggling with earning a living, maintaining a business, putting food on the table. Many find themselves suddenly ...
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Remember It's Contagious

• 03/27/20

These are times of stress. Stress in the Time of COVID begins to address that reality. There is a need in such times to understand stress and the effects it can have on us both physically and ...
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Coverage Penalties and the Constitution

• 03/25/20

Penalties made big news in early 2020. Three articles caught attention in this regard recently: Rules Would Cap Penalties for Lack of Comp Insurance (WorkCompCentral, subscription), Supreme ...
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Shifting Paradigms

• 03/23/20

The world finds itself in a different place this week. I have been reluctant to join the cacophony regarding COVID-19. The subject permeates the news and our respective consciousness. With each day, we have ...
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Stress in the Time of COVID

• 03/20/20

Heraclitus is credited with “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change." The fact is that we cannot control our world or the people in it. At best, we can moderate our own reactions to it all. We can ...
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Reminders on Prejudice

• 03/18/20

The Florida First District Court recently granted rehearing and provided an explanation of its decision to affirm a Judge of Compensation Claims in 2K South Beach Hotel, LLC v. Mustelier, No. 1D19-0713. ...
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