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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

The Workers' Compensation Institute described the award: it "was created “to recognize those who had performed outstanding and selfless service in advancing the philosophy and practice of the workers’ compensation system.” Al was the manager of the Workers' Compensation Department. WCI Newsletter (May 2012).

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NC Employer May Not Use Truck Driver’s “Misconduct” in Causing Accident as Excuse for Denying TTD Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

Following a hearing on the claim, the Deputy Commissioner ordered that the employer pay TTD until Richards returned to work, until further order of the Industrial Commission, or until compensation was otherwise legally terminated. The employer appealed to the Full Commission, which affirmed in relevant part. 2d 695 (2004).

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

Claimant, a police officer, established two workers’ compensation claims—one involving a concussion and injuries to his right wrist, elbow, and shoulder stemming from a February 2004 incident where he slipped and fell on black ice while at work, and the other involving a 1998 work-related injury to his low back. 3d 825 (2021)].