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Attorneys Fees in Florida Increased
The OJCC is required by law to approve all attorney’s fees paid by or on behalf of an injured worker. Section 440.34. Fla. Stat. There is...
Dec 19, 2017
Florida Woman Convicted Of Federal Workers’ Compensation Fraud
This week, it was announced that a federal jury in Orlando, Florida had found a woman guilty of one count of theft of government funds...
Dec 18, 2017
Florida's disposable workers: Companies profit from undocumented laborers, dump them after injur
After Abednego de la Cruz sliced his finger to the bone cutting concrete blocks while building a fire station in Tallahassee, his boss...
Dec 17, 2017
Florida newspaper spotlights exploitation of undocumented workforce
The Naples Daily News brought the heat on this one. Journalist Maria Perez debuted a yearlong harrowing investigation this week that...
Dec 15, 2017
Company Called Police on Injured Undocumented Employee Rather Than Pay Work Comp
Florida construction companies allegedly have a pattern of hiring undocumented immigrants, then calling authorities on injured employees...
Dec 14, 2017
Good News for Florida Companies: Workers’ Compensation Rate Decreasing
When the Castellanos v. Next Door Company case from the Florida Supreme Court came down in April 2016, striking down caps on fees for...
Dec 11, 2017
Florida regulators take over insolvent workers comp insurer
Florida insurance regulators took over Fort Lauderdale-based Guarantee Insurance Co. on Monday and have started liquidating its assets, a...
Nov 30, 2017
Guarantee Insurance Co. begins liquidation process
Florida insurance regulators took over Fort Lauderdale-based Guarantee Insurance Co. Monday, two weeks after determining that the company...
Nov 28, 2017
Florida opens delinquency proceedings for allegedly insolvent insurer
Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation is asking the state’s chief financial officer to initiate delinquency proceedings against an...
Nov 21, 2017
Florida Puts Workers’ Comp Carrier Guarantee Insurance In Receivership
Florida insurance regulators have placed workers’ compensation carrier Guarantee Insurance Co. in receivership due to inadequate...
Nov 21, 2017
Florida Medical Payments per Workers’ Compensation Claim Stabilized After Years of Moderate Growth
Medical payments per workers’ compensation claim in Florida remained stable in 2015 following moderate growth from 2010 through 2014,...
Nov 17, 2017
House pressing on with workers’ comp reform
A ‘clean’ workers’ compensation bill is headed to the House floor after the Commerce Committee rejected a series of amendments pitched as...
Nov 14, 2017
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