Case File When a Florida teacher sought continuing medical treatments for headaches she experienced after being hit by a student, her employer's failure to contest the compensability of those headaches within 120 days meant she […]
Case File After a teacher experienced a serious eye injury at the hands of a violent student, her request for benefits later on hit twin snags in the form of a legal doctrine and a […]
Case File When a claimant tried to use a statutory limit on expert witness fees to keep testimony out of a workers compensation proceeding, he learned that the money charged could go to questions of […]
Case File A late-in-the game shift in a doctor's opinion was beyond an employer's control, and thus a continuance was in order. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case […]
Volusia County, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Volusia County Sheriff said video of two Central Florida parents attacking a middle school resource officer was upsetting to watch. “To say, 'I'm furious,' is beyond," Volusia County Sheriff […]
Case File Because it looked like an injured worker signed a refusal to take a drug test under the misapprehension that it was a form to let her leave the hospital, an intoxication affirmative defense […]
Case File Evidence that a worker had access to a variety of other jobs defeated her argument that nothing was available that she could do within a 50-mile radius of her home. Simply Research subscribers […]
Compliance Corner Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone looking for compliance information in Florida could have that info at their fingertips with a Simply Research subscription. For example, what are the rules surround the weekly rate […]