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.
I recently heard from an attorney regarding the use of telephonic attendance in Florida workers' compensation litigation. In the spring of 2020 COVID-19 drove me to mandate telephonic mediation. This ...
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The Superior Court of New Jersey recently rendered McGory v. SLS Landscaping, DOCKET NO. A-4837-18T2. It is a decision about due process and the impartiality of adjudicators. It is many miles from ...
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Read More I recently read some interesting pleadings. These included verbiage that was harsh and untoward; it was not a display of professional behavior. The exchange between the parties led to the entry of an order ...
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A recent decision of the Iowa Supreme Court leads us back to the subject of notice. This is one of two fundamental elements of our constitutional premise of due process. I tell my students that due process ...
Read More Another month of COVID-19 is behind us. I strive to look back regarding the onset of this pandemic and the challenges that have faced the workers' compensation community. I have had the opportunity to ...
Read More A recent WorkCompCentral article caught my attention: Fed Up With Rude Behavior to Staff, Chairman Orders One-Day Delay in File Processing. The headline is not quite descriptive. Essentially, the ...
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