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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

Myers, FL) 2009 Stewart Colling (Orlando, FL) 2010 Richard Sicking (Miami, FL) 2011 Jacob Schickel (Jacksonville, FL) 2012 Herbert Langston (Orlando, FL) 2013 Ramon Malca (Miami, FL) 2014 Richard Thompson (Sarasota, FL) 2015 Richard Chait (Miami, FL) 2016 Thomas Conroy (Hollywood, FL/Las Vegas) 2017 Dawn Traverso (Miami, FL) 2018 Hon.

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system. The medical courses will continue on a permanent basis.

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Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

The Workcomp Writer

Weaver served as a full-time firefighter with Volusia County for 13 years before retiring in 2012. She did not, however, file for workers’ compensation benefits. The statute did not simply alter the means by which firefighters obtain already-existing workers’ compensation benefits. Background.

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Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

The Workcomp Writer

Weaver served as a full-time firefighter with Volusia County for 13 years before retiring in 2012. She did not, however, file for workers’ compensation benefits. The statute did not simply alter the means by which firefighters obtain already-existing workers’ compensation benefits. Background.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

In January 2012, Bourgoin obtained a medical marijuana certification and after that date began to use medical marijuana to manage his chronic pain. He had been diagnosed as suffering from chronic pain syndrome. He had been treated by a number of pain management specialists and had undergone various treatments, including opioids. 369, § 7 (B).

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Workers’ compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 2

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In the NASI report, Table 12 Workers' Compensation Total Benefits Paid Per $100 of Covered Wages, by State provides a standard comparator for 2012 through 2016. That said, the relatively narrow range of observed ratios in the following analysis suggests a 75/25 split is typical for workers’ compensation insurance.

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Australian and New Zealand workers’ compensation systems include exclusive, centrally funded and privately underwritten workers’ compensation “schemes” [a term used in Australian/New Zealand, analogous to insurance system or arrangement]. There are no jurisdictions with competitive state funds.