Thursday, January 9, 2020

Sanctions and Statutes

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The Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims has the authority to impose sanctions. References thereto are in sections 440.32, 440.3...
Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Collateral Estoppel

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A vexing legal concept is the requirement for trials to be conclusions. Once a trial has occurred and the facts have been evaluated and adj...
Sunday, January 5, 2020

The Next OJCC Seminar in Tallahassee

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For about a decade, the Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims has presented an annual educational seminar in Tallahassee. Most of...
Thursday, January 2, 2020

Our Friends and Facebook

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It is the season for us to focus upon resolutions. The nature and drive for that pattern in our behavior was the topic of T he New Year Daw...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

The Experience on our Bench

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There have been fluctuations in the experience on the Florida workers' compensation bench. I noted this in April 2018 . As the OJCC con...
Sunday, December 29, 2019

Closing Petitions and Claims

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Why did the Judge close a particular workers' compensation case? If a party disagrees with that decision, what is the appropriate metho...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

Right to be Forgotten

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We are told that "nothing on the Internet is private." So said an expert quoted way back in 2011 . The Internet is a series of in...
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Credibility - a Conversation

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A recent seminar afforded me the opportunity to engage in an intriguing conversation with a physician. The topic was witness credibility, a...
Sunday, December 22, 2019

Florida Occupational Disease Burden

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The Florida First District Court issued two decisions on November 27, 2019: School District of Indian River v. Cruce , 1D17-3342, and City ...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Defamation, Courts, Conflict, and More

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Often, what is occurring around the country in workers' compensation provides curiosity that drives this and other blogs. The WorkCom...