Tag Archives: Florida Workers Compensation Lawyer
Common Types of Workplace Accidents
According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 4,836 workers were killed on the job in 2015. That translates to more than 13 deaths a day. Almost 300 of those workplace fatalities occurred in Florida. Here are some examples of common workplace accidents that can result in injury or death: Repetitive motion injuries… Read More »
Injured Employees Have Difficulty Filing Workers’ Compensation Claims In Florida
Many people, when they get hurt on the job, expect to receive significant compensation, and not just for covering their hospital bills, but also to cover any lost wages, pain and suffering, emotional distress and the like. While workers’ compensation is meant to help an injured employee, in Florida, receiving ample workers’ compensation benefits… Read More »
Lee County Investigators Probing Death At Cement Plant
A 23-year-old Fort Myers man was recently killed in a tragic industrial accident at a cement plant in Lehigh Acres, according to police. The victim passed away after falling into a cement mixer while working third shift at Oldcastle Coastal on Leonard Boulevard North. Members of the Florida Urban Search & Rescue Task Force… Read More »
Florida Supreme Court Set To Hear Miami Area Worker’s Challenge To State’s Workers’ Compensation Laws
The Florida Supreme court recently agreed to hear arguments over another constitutional challenge to the state’s exclusive remedy provision in its workers’ compensation laws. The Florida Supreme Court recently struck down a previous challenge to the state’s workers’ compensation laws last year but is nonetheless poised to consider the arguments in this case. The… Read More »
Florida Workers’ Compensation Exclusive Remedy Bars Wrongful Death Settlement
A Florida Supreme Court recently ruled that the exclusive remedy provisions of the state’s workers’ compensation laws prevent the estate of an employee killed on the job from receiving a multi-million dollar judgment against the employer and its insurer in a separate wrongful death case. The estate of Santana Morales, Jr. was denied a… Read More »