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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

Myers, FL) 2009 Stewart Colling (Orlando, FL) 2010 Richard Sicking (Miami, FL) 2011 Jacob Schickel (Jacksonville, FL) 2012 Herbert Langston (Orlando, FL) 2013 Ramon Malca (Miami, FL) 2014 Richard Thompson (Sarasota, FL) 2015 Richard Chait (Miami, FL) 2016 Thomas Conroy (Hollywood, FL/Las Vegas) 2017 Dawn Traverso (Miami, FL) 2018 Hon.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

In January 2012, Bourgoin obtained a medical marijuana certification and after that date began to use medical marijuana to manage his chronic pain. 3d 825 (2021)]. Panaggio suffered from ongoing pain as a result of a 1991 work-related injury to his lower back. He had been diagnosed as suffering from chronic pain syndrome. 369, § 7 (B).

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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Arrangements: Does the model make a difference? Part 1

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Australian and New Zealand workers’ compensation systems include exclusive, centrally funded and privately underwritten workers’ compensation “schemes” [a term used in Australian/New Zealand, analogous to insurance system or arrangement]. There are no jurisdictions with competitive state funds.