Florida Workers' Comp
DECEMBER 12, 2023
For half that time, until the IRC was abolished in 1979 (44 years), the OJCC was within the quasi-regulatory/appellate structure of the two Commissions. From 1979 to 2001 (22 years), it was within the Department of Labor, though there were changes in that department’s status. Lauderdale (1950s), West Palm Beach (1950s), and Ft.
The Workcomp Writer
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The court acknowledged that had the alleged injury been witnessed by a representative of the employer, the result might have been different, the court stressed that the former employee had come forward with no evidence that the employer knew of the alleged work-relatedness of the injury or that he would eventually file a workers’ compensation claim.
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The Workcomp Writer
JUNE 21, 2022
In September 2020, a Staff Hearing Officer allowed Yeager the right to benefits under Ohio’s Workers’ Compensation Fund, finding that Yeager had “COVID-19 Infection Exposure” while working as a furnace operator for the employer. The employer moved for summary judgment on the bases that. The employer’s expert testified similarly.
Workers' Compensation
SEPTEMBER 23, 2023
Several studies have indicated evidence that the assumptions underlying the FCC and the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection [ICNIRP] concerning exposure limits are invalid and are harmful to humans. International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields (ICBE-EMF). 350 N.J.Super.
Florida Workers' Comp
DECEMBER 7, 2023
As an office, the OJCC was then beginning a new iteration of itself, a growth from its days in Commerce, Labor and Employment Security, and a deeper history of conjunctive co-existence in the old Commissions. Just after I was appointed in 2001, I received a congratulatory call from a fellow Jacksonville attorney.
The Workcomp Writer
OCTOBER 25, 2023
The Board found, however, that the WCJ had failed to make a finding regarding whether Claimant met his burden of establishing that he sustained his injury in the course and scope of his employment and remanded the matter to allow the WCJ to make a finding on the issue. Based upon those findings, the WCJ denied the claim. Workers’ Comp.
The Workcomp Writer
MARCH 28, 2024
Citing a 1928 decision by the state’s Supreme Court, the appellate court held that since the flu shot was not mandated by the employer, the fact that the inoculation was received at the employer’s facility, while the manager was on the clock, did not mean the injury was work-related. Walgreen Co. 2016-Ohio-8304, 2016 Ohio App.
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