Publications

1.    Proposed bills to protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries

1.    Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds that the compensation rate for specific loss benefits is controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act, not Section 306(a)

NEWS

The claimant had suffered a compensable work injury to his low back in 2004. As a result, he underwent five compensable low back surgeries, all performed by Dr. Kalamchi. In 2020, Dr.

In this matter of first impression, Florida’s First District Court of Appeal addressed whether Florida Statutes Section 440.25(4)(d) precludes Daubert challenges to Expert Medical Advisor (EMA) opinions.

The respondent, Andersen/Silver Line Windows, appealed a decision that granted the petitioner’s motion for medical and temporary benefits. On July 16, 2020, the petitioner was injured lifting glass while working for the respondent.

This case involved a claimant who, as a firefighter, experienced two events in which he performed cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on infants within a period of roughly two-and-one half years, both of whom were not resuscitated. 

RESULTS* NEWS

Over the last several years, there have not been many cases where claimants have successfully argued that they are a displaced worker prima facie, thus entitled to ongoing total disability benefits despite not being totally, medically dis What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.

It seems there is no statute of limitations on the First District Court of Appeals’ issuing opinions interpreting the actual statute of limitations under Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Act. What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 29, No.