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Case Law Update February 2025
Girardin v. An Ft. Myers Imps., LLC, 50 Fla. L. Weekly D426 (Fla. 1st DCA February 19, 2025) The underlying case involved the JCC’s order denying the claimant’s request for home modification and awarding attendant care from November 3, 2021, through the date of the Final Hearing, March 31, 2022. The claimant’s husband was allegedly providing attendant care services and the JCC ordered that the claimant’s husband be paid the Federal Minimum Wage for 30 hours per week. The JCC’s... View More
Case Law Update December 2024
Ortiz II v. Winn-Dixie, Inc. ___So.3d ___ (Fla. 1st DCA 12/23/24)Statute of Limitations/TollingBill Rogner The underlying case involved a claimant whose accident resulted in a kidney injury and subsequent kidney removal. She received authorized treatment with a urologist for years. She then saw a new urologist, who began billing her private insurance. When the claimant filed a PFB thereafter, the E/C asserted the incorrectly billed treatments were for non-accepted conditions (dysuria, UTIs and cystitis) and that the SOL ran because... View More