📘 Legal Framework Topic Details Governing Law Florida Statutes Chapter 440 1 Administrative Rules Florida Administrative Code Division 69L 1 Recent Legislative Updates SB 362: 50% increase in physician reimbursement; HB 1069: new exceptions for […]

Category Key Information Legal Reference / Source Coverage Requirements Employers with 5+ employees must carry workers' comp insurance. Construction and coal mining employers must carry coverage regardless of employee count. TN.gov Workers' Comp Bureau Definition […]

25 for 25 in '25 A delivery driver took prescription fentanyl for pain, so was that enough to overcome an intoxication defense on his widow's workers' compensation claim following his death in a vehicle accident […]

Case File While workers' compensation law sometimes covers surprising circumstances, a New Jersey case made clear that an inmate's claim about his barbershop job wasn't within the Workers' Compensation Act's reach. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Glossary Check It's tough to have a workers' compensation claim without an injury, but just what is an "injury" depends on how state law defines it. Such a definition is one of many points of […]

What Do You Think? An employer may face significant liability if a worker can show the employer intentionally injured him. That’s because intentional injuries are generally not considered workplace accidents whose sole remedy is workers’ […]

Compliance Corner Generally, the words "volunteer" and "workers' compensation are mutually exclusive, but there are some instances where a "volunteer" can be considered an "employee" for state workers' compensation law. As Simply Research subscribers know, […]

What Do You Think? Florida's heart-lung statute creates a rebuttable presumption that heart disease is an accident that arose from employment for certain first responders, including law enforcement officers. A recent case involving a prison guard […]