Florida has a fairly stringent set of requirements for specificity in a workers' compensation petition. Those requirements are sometimes a complication in specific instances. Recently, a registered user ...
Read More I recently came across a story about a federal judge in Miami. The issue is totally unrelated to workers' compensation, but it involves judicial behavior. It is noteworthy for several reasons. It all arose ...
Read More That deafening roar you are not hearing is the workers’ comp system celebrating Mental Health Awareness month. In fact, when you mention mental health issues to employers and carriers, you’ll ...
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Several times in the last few months, a big deal has been made in the press about someone's final 10-7. That is a radio call police use to inform of their "end of shift." There was one in Sarasota in ...
Read More The Georgia Court of Appeals recently rendered an interesting decision in Davis v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp., A17A1726 (February 27, 2018). The case illustrates two points worthy of remembering in the ...
Read More A decision just issued out of the Third Circuit Court of Appeal in Louisiana demonstrates the various nuances and obstacles that may be present when entering into a workers’ compensation settlement ...
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Pat Benetar belted out the lyrics
It's a little too little, it's a little too late
I'm a little too hurt and there's nothin' left that I've gotta say
They remind me that the passage of time may not heal ...
Read More The West Virginia Supreme Court recently undertook examination of an issue that some may perceive as less than consequential. Some harbor an expectation that appellate courts will generally be engaged in ...
Read More The rise of the gig economy calls into question the fundamental nature of employment. Over the past 100 years, people who work for others (“employees”) have accrued a formidable array of ...
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