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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 […]
Provision of Benefits Tolls Statute of Limitations, allowing Fla. Teacher’s PFB to Advance
Provision of Benefits Tolls Statute of Limitations, allowing Fla. Teacher’s PFB to Advance

Case File Because the term "toll" meant to "suspend, stop temporarily, or abate the limitations period," rather than extend a discrete one-year period to file additional claims, a Florida teacher's receipt of benefits stopped the […]
Fla. City Council Approves $150k Settlement for 30-year Employee Hurt on Job
Fla. City Council Approves $150k Settlement for 30-year Employee Hurt on Job

Safety at Work Ocala, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Ocala City Council in Ocala, Fla., voted unanimously this week accept the mediated settlement for a workers’ compensation claim by a longtime city employee. The “washout” agreement […]
Lack of Medical Necessity Scrubs Injured Fla. Worker’s Push for N.Y. Family Vacation
Lack of Medical Necessity Scrubs Injured Fla. Worker’s Push for N.Y. Family Vacation

Case File While a trip to New York to visit family might have boosted an injured worker's mental health, because it wasn't a trip to the doctor, it didn't count as "medically necessary" under Florida's […]
Court Case Update – Federal, Florida, Utah – March 2026
Court Case Update – Federal, Florida, Utah – March 2026

Federal—Marijuana Reimbursement Under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA) On March 5, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in Garcia v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, held that marijuana is […]
Dispensing Practitioners don’t Fall within Florida’s ‘Absolute Choice’ Provisions
Dispensing Practitioners don’t Fall within Florida’s ‘Absolute Choice’ Provisions

Case File Because dispensing practitioners were the same as pharmacists for purposes of Florida workers' compensation law, such practitioners did not come under the state's "absolute choice" provision that provides injured workers with the latitude […]