September 3, 2025 On September 3, 2025, the First District Court of Appeal of Florida, in Murphy v. Polk County Board of County Commissioners , ruled that the statute of limitation related to an employee's initial PFB is not tolled where the employee voluntarily dismissed the PFB before adjudication, but asserts that a demand for attorney fees remains a pending issue. In January 2017, an employee filed a PFB for an injury that occurred the prior year. The employee subsequentl

June 13, 2025   Michael M. Brownlee and Stacy Ford, of Brownlee Law Firm, P.A., and Terry E. Leach, of Walker, Revels, Greninger, PLLC,...

February 7, 2025 The Sixth District Court of Appeal of Florida ruled that the calculation of a WC insurer's lien amount should be based on the entire amount of the WC benefits paid through the date of the equitable distribution. In this case, a claimant settled a negligence claim against a third-party tortfeasor and sought to limit the WC insurer's lien to the amount of benefits paid up to the date of the settlement and not the later date of the equitable distribution. The co

August 22, 2024   A construction worker has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, alleging negligence and unlawful employment...

July 31, 2024 Robert Jorden Bressler v. Florida School Board Assn and Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., No. 1D2022-4145, Apr. 11, 2024 The...

July 15, 2024   A Florida appellate court ruled Friday that an employer should have been entitled to fully collect on its workers...

April 10, 2023 — Workers’ compensation insurance companies have gone to an appeals court after an administrative law judge last month...

A state appeals court has clarified the meaning of “specialty” for the purposes of one-time physician changes under the state’s Workers’...

The Court of Appeal for the 1st District of Florida ruled that a worker’s claim for benefits for an alleged injury to his neck and back...

A Florida appeals court has put a fine point on the still-evolving “going and coming rule” in workers’ compensation law. The 1st District...

A construction company was a controlling employer of a construction worksite found to have safety violations, an administrative law judge...

A Florida appeals court ruled March 7 a possible payment dispute can’t force a workers’ compensation claimant to change doctors. But,...