A big win for injured workers was handed down recently by the Florida Supreme Court in Westphal v. City of St. Petersburg, wherein it was decided limitation on temporary total disability benefits violates the state constitution. So concludes a five-year legal…
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Florida Supreme Court Ends Attorney Fee Caps on Workers’ Compensation
The business and insurance industries were dealt a blow recently by the Florida Supreme Court, which voted 5-2 in favor of a workers’ compensation plaintiff who alleged the state’s attorney fee caps were unconstitutional. This is a victory for injured…
Florida Supreme Court to Weigh Workers’ Compensation Challenge
More than a dozen years have passed since lawmakers in Florida overhauled the state’s workers’ compensation insurance system. Now, the Florida Supreme Court will decide a case that could have serious implications for injured workers, businesses and insurance companies. A former…
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NHTSA: More Americans Wearing Seat Belts
Seat belt use in America is at the highest it has ever been, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The newest report from the agency, released last month, indicates that in 2015, 88.5 percent of Americans wore…
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Florida Supreme Court to rule on medical malpractice limits
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Florida Supreme Court, urging the court to uphold limits on damages in medical malpractice cases. In 2003, then-Gov. Jeb Bush, along with insurance companies, doctors and hospitals, urged…
Appeals court rules Florida provision requiring disclosure of adverse medical incidents preempted by federal law
A provision of the Florida constitution that requires health care providers to disclose adverse medical incidents is preempted by federal law, a state appeals court has ruled. In the case of Baptist Hospital of Florida, Inc. v. Jean Charles, Jr.,…
Florida appeals court rules against some medical malpractice damages caps
In a victory for the rights of injured people, a Florida appeals court ruled that limits on certain damages for pain and suffering in personal injury cases are unconstitutional. In 2003, the Florida legislature set limits of $500,000 in “non-economic…
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