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With No Reasonable Suspicion, Fatal Boat Explosion didn’t Warrant Drug Testing
With No Reasonable Suspicion, Fatal Boat Explosion didn’t Warrant Drug Testing

Case File An explosion on the job that killed and injured people prompted a Florida employer to seek drug and alcohol testing for blood drawn from a worker involved in the incident when he received […]
Fla. 120-Day Rule Operates to Make Teacher’s Claims Compensable
Fla. 120-Day Rule Operates to Make Teacher’s Claims Compensable

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 […]
Teacher’s Push for More Eye Injury Benefits Doesn’t Get Past Res Judicata, Rules
Teacher’s Push for More Eye Injury Benefits Doesn’t Get Past Res Judicata, Rules

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 […]
Expert’s $1,500 Deposition Rate Violates Law, but doesn’t Limit Admissibility of Testimony
Expert’s $1,500 Deposition Rate Violates Law, but doesn’t Limit Admissibility of Testimony

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 […]
Doctor’s Late Change in Opinion Warrants Continuance for Dunkin Donuts
Doctor’s Late Change in Opinion Warrants Continuance for Dunkin Donuts

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 […]
Sheriff ‘Furious’ After Parents Attack School Resource Officer
Sheriff ‘Furious’ After Parents Attack School Resource Officer

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 […]
Form Confusion Doesn’t add up to Refusal to Undergo Drug Testing
Form Confusion Doesn’t add up to Refusal to Undergo Drug Testing

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 […]
Availability of Jobs Sinks CNA’s Try for PTD Benefits
Availability of Jobs Sinks CNA’s Try for PTD Benefits

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 […]