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7 Key Cases on Ripeness in Fla. Workers’ Comp
7 Key Cases on Ripeness in Fla. Workers’ Comp

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 […]
9 Key Cases on Florida’s Heart-Lung Statute
9 Key Cases on Florida’s Heart-Lung Statute

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 […]
Increased Risk from Work Environment Makes Shooting Compensable: Florida Supreme Court
Increased Risk from Work Environment Makes Shooting Compensable: Florida Supreme Court

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. […]
Could Delivery Driver Pick Up Neurosurgeon Benefits more than 2 Years after Accident?
Could Delivery Driver Pick Up Neurosurgeon Benefits more than 2 Years after Accident?

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 […]
Florida Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations Decision – Estes v. Palm Beach County School District 
Florida Workers’ Compensation Statute of Limitations Decision – Estes v. Palm Beach County School District 

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 […]
5 Questions with Gina Jacobs on High-Exposure Claims, SIUs, CLM Session
5 Questions with Gina Jacobs on High-Exposure Claims, SIUs, CLM Session

Conference Preview At next month's CLM Work Comp Conference, attorney Gina Jacobs of Hamilton Miller & Birthisel will present SIU Strategies in Work Comp Cases: The Must-Have Toolbox for Mitigating High-Exposure Claims. Fresh from the […]
Exclusive Remedy in Florida
Exclusive Remedy in Florida

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Florida, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy for work-related injuries. Florida Statute § 440.11. This means that the injured employee cannot sue the employer for negligence (which might […]
Man in Florida Clerk Hammer Attack who got Trump’s Attention Targeted Victim
Man in Florida Clerk Hammer Attack who got Trump’s Attention Targeted Victim

Can You Believe It? Fort Myers, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A man whose attack on a gas station clerk in Fort Myers, Fla., ended up on President Donald Trump’s social media feed targeted the woman, officials […]