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Florida workers comp reform bills hit dead end
The Florida Senate adjourned Friday without passing either of the workers compensation reform bills addressing 2016 Florida Supreme Court...
May 8, 2017
Critics Say House Plan An Unworkable Workers' Comp
Employer groups are threatening to bolt and trial lawyers are in open revolt as lawmakers spend the final days of the 2017 session...
May 4, 2017
Court rulings, big rate increases concentrate reform efforts in Florida
Florida’s workers compensation landscape has garnered attention for its legislative activity in response to major court decisions that...
May 1, 2017
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION: Attorneys’ Fees? Nope, it’s the Benefits, Dummy.
For the third time in 14 years, the Florida Legislature is taking up the issue of workers’ compensation attorneys’ fees. The question of...
Apr 30, 2017
Mike Williams: Meaningful workers’ comp reform must protect Florida’s workers
With the House version of workers’ compensation reform, our state legislators are dangerously close to repeating the mistakes of the...
Apr 27, 2017
Injured on the job? It might get harder in Florida to find a lawyer to take your case
Florida is already one of the hardest states for workers seeking treatment or lost wages when injured on the job. Now lawmakers are...
Apr 26, 2017
House Targets Workers' Comp Rates
Nearly a year after a Florida Supreme Court ruling rocked the state's workers' compensation insurance system, the House on Wednesday...
Apr 20, 2017
House workers’ compensation bill survives Democratic floor amendments
The House defeated a series of Democratic amendments to its version of a workers’ compensation fix Tuesday, with sponsor Danny Burgess...
Apr 18, 2017
Workers' comp group appeals case regarding Florida's Sunshine Law
A circuit court ruling that that said a workers' compensation group violated Florida's open records laws by not ensuring committee...
Apr 10, 2017
Workers' comp reform bill passes Florida's House of Representatives
In a vote of 20 to 9, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would alter the state’s workers’ compensation...
Apr 7, 2017
New House workers’ comp amendments get tough on attorneys’ fees
The House Commerce Committee will take up a workers’ compromise amendment package Thursday that takes a more aggressive approach to...
Apr 6, 2017
Florida Workers Comp Reform Bill progresses
A Florida workers compensation reform bill that responds to the outcome of recent major workers comp rulings in the state passed 7-1...
Apr 5, 2017
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