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COVID-19 Protections For Injured Workers Not Included Proposed Law

March 1, 2021adminWorkers Compensation

The Florida legislature has been moving to try and enact new laws that would shield businesses whose employees contracted COVID-19 while on the job from providing workers’ compensation benefits. Some politicians have called for employee protections but only for certain front-line individuals including teachers and health care workers. Frankly, coronavirus workers’ compensation claims are among...

Judge denies Publix’s bid to toss lawsuit

Feb

Publix blamed for worker’s COVID-19 death, but lawsuits face long odds

February 17, 2021adminWorkers Compensation

For the original article click here. A rare COVID-19 lawsuit claims a deli worker at Publix died of the disease because the company prohibited employees from wearing masks during the early weeks of the pandemic. Gerardo Gutierrez, an employee in Miami Beach, wasn’t allowed to wear his mask back in March because Publix feared that mask-wearing employees...

Feb

Judge denies Publix’s bid to toss lawsuit over worker’s COVID-19 death

February 17, 2021adminWorkers Compensation

For the original article click here. The family of Gerardo Gutierrez, a Miami-Dade County man who died after working at the deli counter at a Miami Beach Publix last March, has filed a wrongful death suit against the company. It claims the grocer’s ban on employees wearing masks last spring caused his exposure by a...

Feb

Florida paid out about $55M in Florida Workers’ Compensation COVID-19 claims

February 5, 2021adminWorkers Compensation

Employees in Coral Springs who are injured or sickened on the job may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. During the pandemic, many employees have contracted COVID-19 at their workplace. Those that have contracted the novel coronavirus disease should therefore talk to an experienced Coral Springs Workers’ Compensation attorney. Workers’ Compensation attorney Evan M. Ostfeld...

Dec

Workers’ Compensation and Covid

December 25, 2020adminWorkers Compensation

A recent Florida Workers’ Compensation report revealed that the Sunshine State ranks among the top five states for workers’ compensation claims related to the coronavirus pandemic. COVID-19 has also impacted employees who have been injured on the job. Some are finding it difficult to get medical care, including payment of their medical bills associated with...

Oct

What Insurance Companies Don’t Want You to Know… Three Tricks of the Trade’ Insurers Use against You!

October 23, 2020adminPersonal Injury, Product Liability, Workers Compensation

Learn the Tricks from a Coral Springs Insurance Claim Lawyer We all know insurance companies work hard to avoid paying you and others who deserve compensation following an accident or injury. Should you get into a car wreck or get hurt on the job, and then hop on the phone with an insurance adjuster, they’re...

Coral Springs construction accident lawyer

Aug

Workers Hospitalized After Being Hit By Falling Rebar in Coral Springs Construction Accident

August 13, 2020adminWorkers Compensation

Help from a Coral Springs Construction Accident Lawyer At least six employees were severely injured and taken to local hospitals for emergency care. City officials said that a bundle of Rebar – which is a steel bar or mesh of steel wires used as a tension device in reinforced concrete, was being lifted at a...

Aug

Florida Workers’ Compensation Benefits for COVID-19

August 7, 2020adminWorkers Compensation

Florida Workers’ Compensation Benefits for COVID-19 With more people returning to work in Florida, many worry about what will happen if they contract the corona virus while there. On April 6, the Office of Insurance Regulation published a memorandum for insurance companies to remind them that people who contract the virus at their jobs are...

Jul

Good Luck Getting Workers Compensation Benefits If You Catch COVID-19 On The Job!

July 20, 2020adminWorkers Compensation

Help from a COVID-19 Workers’ Comp Attorney While Florida teachers may be forced back into the classroom for this upcoming school year in most counties despite the skyrocketing amount of cornoa virus cases, they may not be covered for medical care and or lost wages if they contract the disease under the present analysis of...

Apr

Coronavirus Changes Some Florida Workers Compensation Processes

April 29, 2020adminWorkers Compensation

Coronavirus Workers Compensation Claim Attorney The State of Florida has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a number of changes to legal procedures and claims for workers compensation. Understanding the alterations to the legal process can help you to manage your claims process more effectively. Here are some of the most important changes to workers...

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