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.
What is the scope and purpose of the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC)? In a nutshell, this agency delivers process to those impacted by workplace injuries, the employees and employers. ...
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There has been a lot of excitement about the 6th Edition of the American Medical Associations' Guide to Permanent Impairment. The story is not new. Rumblings about the implementation of the 6th Edition, ...
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