Key Cases Under Florida Statutes Sec. 440.13(1)(k), "medically necessary" or "medical necessity" is defined as any medical service or medical supply which is used to identify or treat an illness or injury, is appropriate to […]

Compliance Corner Across the states, whether or not mental injuries "count" for workers' compensation purposes varies, but that's where a reference tool like Simply Research can help sort out what each state says. Here are […]

Compliance Corner If you're in Florida and need an expert medical adviser, would you know for whom to look and what that person could do once you found her? Thanks to Simply Research, you can, […]

Key Cases Under Florida Statutes Section 440.192, an employee may, for any benefit that is "ripe, due, and owing," file with the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims a petition for benefits which meets […]

Key Cases For those lucky enough to be in attendance at oral arguments before Florida's 1st District Court of Appeals as part of WCI, the Barrett v. Manatee County Sheriff's Office case touched on the […]

Case File When is a workplace assault compensable under Florida's Workers' Compensation Law? When the work environment exposes the worker to an increased risk of assault. Case Bouayad v. Normandy Ins. Co., No. SC2023-1576 (Fla. […]

What Do You Think? In many states, injured employees have two years to file a petition for benefits. That includes Florida. That state also “tolls” the limitations period for one year as of the date […]

By Rayford Taylor  Florida’s Appellate Court Reinterprets the Statute Of Limitations in Workers’ Compensation Cases to Require Carriers to Maintain “Two Clocks” On Every Claim To Successfully Assert Such A Defense.  Estes v. Palm Beach County School Dist., 1D2025-0079, (1st DCA March […]