The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s mandatory attorneys’ fee schedule for workers’ compensation cases is unconstitutional under both Florida’s and the U.S. constitution as a violation of due process. The state’s top court also declined to rule …
Unresolved attorney’s fee liens can derail a settlement of future benefits in Florida workers’ compensation cases, and even expose an employer/carrier to civil liability. This article discusses the various manifestations of these liens, how lienholders perfect their liens, how employer/carriers …
Florida’s workers’ compensation system was created to be self-executing. The legislature’s intention was for the Employer/Carrier and the injured worker, or claimant, to resolve any disputes among themselves; utilizing the workers’ compensation courts, otherwise known as the Office of the …
Florida’s workers’ compensation insurers, already on record recommending an average 2.5 percent cut in rates, now say that a 3.3 percent cut is justified. The modification in the industry’s rate filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) rating …
Just months after Florida lawmakers enacted a new law designed to target the role of check cashing companies in the construction industry, state officials announced a string of arrests netting more than $140 million in fraudulent transactions. One investigation revealed …