Florida Workers' Comp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This annual tradition has come to have special meaning for the workers' compensation attorney community because of the College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers (CWCL). SARS-CoV-2 trifled with that in 2020 and 2021, but it returns in 2022 in the French Quarter of New Orleans. TIPS was crucial to the formation of the CWCL.

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Florida Workers' Comp

JANUARY 11, 2024

Neal Pitts (Orlando, FL) 2019- Christopher Smith (Tampa, FL) 2020- Paul Anderson (Tallahassee, FL) 2021- Glen Wieland(Orlando, FL) 2022- Honorable Robert Dietz (posthumously)(Orlando, FL) 2023-my memory fails me here, and the World Wide Web did also (amendment coming) The Section maintains a list of the honorees on its website.

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

A WCLJ subsequently ruled that claimant violated § 114-a, disqualified claimant from receiving wage replacement benefits from July 31, 2014 to May 20, 2020, and imposed a discretionary penalty permanently disqualifying claimant from receiving future wage replacement benefits. The Board affirmed and Claimant appealed. Appellate Court Decision.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

APRIL 23, 2020

Rapid, accurate and consistent decisions will depend on the degree of agility workers’ compensation systems can achieve on these potentially complex cases and constrained operating environments. Kentucky is a recent example of a state addressing the specific workers’ compensation question during the COVID-19 outbreak in that state.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Data for 2020 is as of January 31, 2021. Data for 2019 is as of January 31, 2020.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

2020), discussed below. 2020), and for my 2020 discussion of the Appellate Division’s decision, click here ]. 484 (2020)]. In Wright's Case , 2020 Mass. 1 (2020), requiring an employer to reimburse an injured employee for the cost of medical cannabis used to treat a work-related injury. 3d 825 (2021)].

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