Theodore Roosevelt “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
FLORIDA WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW BENEFITS EMPLOYERS WHO HIDE WAGES »
On September 15, 2008 Florida’ First District Court of Appeals decided the case of Fast Track Framing v Caraballo. In that case the court ruled that workers in Florida are not entitled to compensation benefits if their income is not reported to the IRS.
Although a worker is still entitled to medical care and treatment when injured [...]
LETTER TO EDITOR OF THE ORLANDO SENTINEL »
Florida’s Legislature is considering passing an amendment to the Florida Workers’ Compensation act, knowing full well that it is unconstitutional. On March 25, retired Florida First District Court of Appeals Justice, Richard W. Irvin, was not even permitted to address a committee of the Florida Senate about this Constitutional concern.
This legislation will remove the word [...]
WHEN WILL OUR REPRESENTITIVES START CARING ABOUT US? »
Once again the Republican led Florida Legislature is in session and is considering measures designed to prevent injured workers from obtaining the benefits they need and are supposedly entitled to under the Florida Workers Compensation laws.
When the Workers Compensation laws were enacted the idea was to have a system in place that would allow those injured on [...]
ANOTHER ASSAULT ON THE RIGHTS OF INJURED WORKERS »
On Monday, February 16, 2009 Anitere Flores, a Republican member of the House of Representatives for District 114 in Miami, sponsored HB 903 which seeks to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in Murray v. Mariner Health. In that case the Court held that the employer or insurance company who wrongfully withholds benefits from an injured [...]
FLORIDA SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF INJURED WORKERS »
On October 23, 2008 the Florida Supreme Court rendered an opinion in the case of Emma Murray v. Mariner Health Inc. In that case the Court ruled that attorneys representing injured workers were allowed to recover reasonable fees for helping workers to obtain statutory benefits where the insurance company or the employer refused to provide [...]
