Florida Work Comp News
The latest news about workers compensation in Florida.
- The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding a hearing Oct. 27 to hear testimony from the National Council on Compensation Insurance and receive public comment on a proposed 7.4%…
- A Florida appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a firefighter’s cardiac condition against the first of his two employers, with which he worked when he developed heart disease. Case: City of…
- A Florida appellate court upheld a finding that a firefighter’s arrhythmia-based heart condition qualified as heart disease that presumptively was caused by her employment. Chelsea Illeck joined the fire department in the Villages…
- Florida's Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims is meeting Oct. 22 to interview applicants for a judicial position in West Palm Beach. The commission is working to fill the…
- A Florida appellate court ruled that a judge of compensation claims should have awarded reimbursement of the expenses a mother incurred in pursuing a guardianship for her son after he…
- The National Council on Compensation Insurance is recommending a 7.4% rate cut, effective Jan. 1, according to the Florida Phoenix. The media outlet reports that the proposed reduction is driven largely…
- Seven suspects have been charged with participating in a sophisticated payroll scheme to defraud workers' compensation insurers, the Florida attorney general announced. The alleged operation used shell construction corporations and an unlicensed…
- Florida's Statewide Nominating Commission for Judges of Compensation Claims is meeting Aug. 24 to interview two candidates for reappointment and to consider applications for new appointments. Commission members will interview judges…
- A Florida appellate court ruled that a municipal employer should have been granted summary judgment dismissing a disabled former police officer’s claims that it had breached the terms of its…
- Authorities in Southern Florida said a family-run criminal organization used shell companies to defraud workers' compensation carriers out of more than $600,000 in premiums by underreporting actual payroll. An arrest warrant…
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