Hey! Lemons make lemonade,Flowers bloom in the rainGrowing up is a pain, And it is what it isOkay! It's not the end of the world,There's always light where it burnsJust remember the words,And it goes like thisIt is what it is, what it is, what it is, what it is It is what it is, what it is, what it is, what it is
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Could it be a Trait?
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Notice of Unavailability
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Celebrating Workers' Compensation Section History
As the Section celebrates a momentous birthday, I have penned Some thoughts on the following are on the Announcement Blog.
Historic News and 440 Report
1989 News & 440 Report Summer 1989 12 4
1989 News & 440 Report Winter 1989-1990 12 5-6
1990 News & 440 Report Summer 1990 13 1
1990 News & 440 Report Fall 1990 13 2
1990 News & 440 Report Winter Issue (8) 13 3
1991 News & 440 Report Spring 1991 (8) 13 4
1991 News & 440 Report Summer 1991 (9) 14 1
1991 News & 440 Report Fall 1991 14 2
1992 News & 440 Report Winter 1992 14 3
1992 News & 440 Report Spring 1992 14 4
1992 News&440 Report Summer 1992 15 1
1992 News&440 Report Fall 1992 15 2
1993 News &440 Report Winter 1993 15 3
1993 News&440 Report Spring 1993 15 4
1993 News &440 Report Summer 1993 16 1
1993 News&440 Report Fall 1993 16 2
1993 News & 440 Report News Bulletin October 1993
1994 News & 440 Report Winter 1994 16 3
1994 News & 440 Report February 1994 16 4
1994 News & 440 Report April 1994 16 5
1994 News&440 Report Summer 1994 17 1
1994 News&440 Report Fall 1994 17 2
1995 News & 440 Report Winter 1995 17 3
1995 News & 440 Report Spring 1995 17 4
1995 News&440 Report Summer 1995 17 5
1995 News & 440 Report Fall 1995 18 1
1995 News & 440 Report Winter 1995-96 18 2
1996 News & 440 Report Summer 1996 18 3
1996 News & 440 Report Fall 1996 18 4
1996 News & 440 Report Winter 1996 19 1
1997 News & 440 Report Spring 1997 19 2
1997 News & 440 Report Summer 1997 19 3
1997 News & 440 Report Fall 1997 19 4
1998 News & 440 Report Winter 1997-98 20 1
1998 News & 440 Report Spring 1998 20 2
1998 News & 440 Report Summer 1998 20 3
1998 News & 440 Report Fall 1998 20 4
1999 News & 440 Report Spring 1999 21 1
1999 News & 440 Report Summer 1999 21 2
1999 News & 440 Report Fall 1999 21 3
2000 News & 440 Report Winter 1999-2000 21 4
2000 News & 440 Report Spring 2000 22 1
2000 News & 440 Report Summer 2000 22 2
2000 News & 440 Report Fall 2000 22 3
2000 News & 440 Report Fall 2000 Special 22 3
2000 News & 440 Report Winter 2000 22 4
2001 News & 440 Report Spring 2001 23 1
2001 News & 440 Report Summer 2001 23 2
2001 News & 440 Report Winter 2001 23 3
2002 News & 440 Report Spring 2002 23 4
2002 News & 440 Report Summer 2002 24 1
2002 News & 440 Report Fall 2002 24 2
2003 News & 440 Report Spring 2003 24 4
2003 News & 440 Report Summer 2003 25 1
2003 News & 440 Report Fall 2003 25 2
2003 News & 440 Report Winter 2003 25 3
2004 News & 440 Report Spring 2004 25 4
2004 News & 440 Report Summer 2004 25 5
2004 News & 440 Report October 2004 26 1
2004 News & 440 Report December 2004 26 2
2005 News & 440 Report February 2005 26 3
2005 News & 440 Report April-May 2005 26 4
2005 News & 440 Report August 2005 27 1
The issues since Sprin 2000 are available on the Section website.
Ya Jonesing Man?
"If a person has an insatiable craving for someone or something, they are said to be Jonesing for it."
"a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms."
Now being without you, Takes a lot of getting used toShould learn to live with it, But I don't want toBeing without you, It's all a big mistakeInstead of getting easier, It's the hardest thing to take
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
We are Regressing
- Devices - who studies when all the world's knowledge is in your pocket?
- Decreased reading, both recreational and occupational.
- Calculator apps, instant number information, and decreased use of math.
- GPS apps with instant mileage, arrival times, and more.
Sunday, March 23, 2025
How much does it cost?
"would extend the system’s role into the Intelligence Age by protecting the rights and interests of content creators while also protecting America’s AI leadership"
"a regulatory environment that is not burdensome and advocates 'voluntary' partnerships between the federal government and the private sector; promoting American AI companies at home and abroad; and investing in the infrastructure needed to scale America’s AI industry."
Therefore, as I read these sources, and wrote this post, all I could focus on was sunshine. No, not the free light from the sky, that is free daily at a sidewalk near you. No, I kept hearing the song Sunshine (Intermedia, 1971):
Some man's come he's trying to run my life
Don't know what he's asking
When he tells me I better get in line
Dan't hear what he's saying
When I grow up, I'm gonna make him mine
These ain't dues I been paying
How much does it cost?
I'll buy it!
The time is all we've lost
I'll try it!
He can't even run his own life,
I'll be damned if he'll run mine--sunshine...
“The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.”
Thursday, March 20, 2025
DOGE 2025
I recently had a chance to review how things are going with the Florida OJCC. There is a lot of interest in government efficiency. The Governor issued Executive Order 25-44 on February 24, 2025. There are broad requirements and instructions there. Florida's government will emerge more efficient and effective in the coming months. There are going to be difficult questions asked, perspectives analyzed, and changes made.
I strove to put the efficiency idea into perspective. From the OJCC standpoint, efficiency has been our hallmark for 20 years. From electronic filing, to e-service, to child support information provision, to video hearings, our efforts have been focused on making the world of workers' compensation litigation a more functional, efficient, and effective place. Have we ever stumbled? You bet we have, but in the broad view, we have come miles from the OJCC of the 20th century.
Examples? Glad you asked.
- Since 1994, the OJCC budget, in real dollars (inflation-adjusted to 2024), has decreased 29%.
- During the same period, the Florida Budget, increased 36% (an aggregate spread of 65%).
- Florida’s population has increased 66% since 1994, 14.2 million to 23.4 million.
- PFB/Claim filing volume today is 212% of 1994 (increased 112%; 81,145 from 38,254).
- Petition (litigation) volume is up 16% in the last four years.
- Compliance with statutory time parameters nonetheless is now consistent.
- Each OJCC division (one judge) processes about 81-85 inbound filings daily.
- Many require data updates, status changes, name changes, etc.
- JCCs review/prepare and enter an average of 20 orders daily.
- Gone are the days of handwritten, sloppy, and often illegible orders.
- JCCs average 2 “other” hearings weekly, in addition to trials, daily orders, etc.
- JCC and mediator counts are now each 94% of 1994.
- JCC/Mediator staff FTE is now 87% of 1994.
- JCC/Mediator staff FTE is now 62% of 2012.
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
All the Cool Kids
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Happy Anniversary?
"all Floridians to limit movements and personal interactions outside the home to only those necessary to obtain or provide essential services or essential activities."
Sometimes the light's all shinin' on meOther times I can barely seeLately it occurs to meWhat a long, strange trip it's been