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CASE LAW UPDATE:
When a claimant requests a one-time change in physician, the E/C is required to authorize a specific physician within 5 days.
CASE LAW UPDATE:
On October 28, 2009, President Obama signed into law the ‘‘National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.” Incorporated within this law is the Supporting Military Families Act of 2009. Amongst many other things, this new law further expands the exigency and caregiver leave provisions for military families under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
CASE LAW UPDATE:
Join us in congratulating Kerry J. Anderson, Chief of our Liability Defense Department, for being featured on the cover of the Florida Jury Verdict Reporter.
Kerry obtained a zero verdict in a case where plantiff sought in excess of $21,000,000.00!
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
The First District Court of Appeal has set the stage for the award of attorney's fees for a claimants attorney who successfully overcomes an E/C's misrepresentation defense, even if the claimant loses on every benefit claimed!
CASE LAW UPDATE:
On September 25, 2008, President Bush signed into law the ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (hereinafter the “ADAAA, or the “Amendments”). The ADAAA amends the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (hereinafter the “ADA” or the “Act”) and specifically overturns several prominent pro-employer Supreme Court cases. The Amendments’ stated purpose is to “restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.”
CASE LAW UPDATE:
The First DCA held that the failure of a carrier to respond to a request for authorization of treatment is consent to its medical necessity
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE:
On November 17, 2008, the Department of Labor published its new Family Medical Leave Act regulations. The new regulations require employers to post new general inforamtion about the Act.
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