Miami Donuts Payroll d/b/a Dunkin Donuts and Liberty Mutual v. Claudia Villarreal, Fla. 1st DCA, No.: 23-0789, November 6, 2024 - The claimant, a cashier, was shocked while plugging in a register at work. She later developed...more
1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden,...more
American Airlines Group; American Airlines and Sedgwick CMS v. Alejandro Lopez, DCA#: 23-0379; May 22, 2024 - This claim involved a compensable accident date of August 8, 2019, where the employer/carrier provided benefits....more
Kelly Girardin v. AN Fort Myers Imports, LLC, Gallagher Bassett, DCA#: 22-1485, Decision date: May 08, 2024 - The claimant petitioned for attendant care benefits to be paid to her husband. The judge of compensation claimant...more
Robert Jorden Bressler v. Florida School Board Assn and Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co., No. 1D2022-4145, Apr. 11, 2024 - The claimant, a senior claims adjuster, worked remotely in Orlando and once a quarter went to...more
Verilyn Lunsford v. Hospital Housekeeping Systems Inc. and Corvel Corporation, OJCC# 21-028027, St. Petersburg District, JCC Moneyham, Decision Date: Nov. 30, 2023 - The claimant requested compensability, evaluation and...more
Michael D. Rudolph, Appellant v. Darien Smith, The Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees; 1st District Court of Appeal; No. 1D2022-1627; Decision date: Jan. 24, 2024 - This case involves a...more
Gulf Management, Inc. and Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc. v. Talmadge Wall, DCA#: 20-2037; JCC: Massey; Decision date: Nov. 29, 2023 - The employer/carrier in this matter appealed the judge of compensation claims’ award of...more
Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden, First District Court of Appeals - DCA#: 21-3530, Decision date: Dec. 13, 2023 - The claimant, a firefighter, was hired in 1993 after passing a...more
Christy Siena v. Orange County Fire Rescue/CCMSI, 1st Dist. Court of Appeal; No. 1D2022-0958; appeal from an order of the Office of the Judges of Compensation claims, Neal P. Pitts; Decision Date: Oct. 25, 2023 - The...more
East Coast Waffles, Inc. d/b/a Waffle House, and Brentwood Management Services, Inc., v. Jonathan L. Haselden, 1st Dist. Court of Appeal; No. 1D21-3745; On appeal from order of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims;...more
Robert Friesen v. State of Florida Highway Patrol/Division of Risk Management, NO .1D21-1353 On appeal from Judge Massey, Decision date: Jun. 21, 2023 - The claimant, a law-enforcement officer, was hired in 2004 after...more
Normandy Insurance Company v. Mohammed Bouayad and Value Car Rental, LLC; Case No. 1D21-1717; On appeal from an order of the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims, Neal P. Pitts; Decision date: August 16, 2023 - The...more