We focus on the following practice areas:

Heart and Lung Law

• Application of the Heart & Lung Law to Florida’s Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Correctional Officers
• Heart & Lung Statute Claims under Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Law
• Heart & Lung Presumption, i.e., §112.18, F.S.
• Pre-Employment Physical Examination applicability
• Focusing on representation of Florida’s First Responders injured after 07/01/2009
• Occupational Diseases and the Heart & Lung Presumption
• Mental & Nervous Injuries
• Liability for Compensation, i.e., §440.15, F.S.
• Liability for Medical Benefits, i.e., §440.13, F.S.
• Medical Services Disputes
• Average Weekly Wage/Determination of Pay Disputes, i.e., §440.14, F.S.
• Discovery of Information through Document Production
• Mediations
• Trials
• Settlements, i.e., §440.20, F.S.

Workers’ Compensation Insurance Defense

• Compensability
• Representation of Self-Insured Employers and their Third-Party Administrators
• Representation of Insured Employers and their Insurance Carriers
• Violations of Florida’s “Fraud” Statute, i.e., §440.105, F.S.
• Compensation for injuries when third parties are liable, §440.39, F.S.
• Mental & Nervous Injuries
• Liability for Compensation, i.e., §440.15, F.S.
• Liability for Medical Benefits, i.e., §440.13, F.S.
• Medical Services Disputes
• Positive drug screen cases
• Average Weekly Wage/Determination of Pay Disputes, i.e., §440.14, F.S.
• Occupational Diseases, i.e., §440.151, F.S.
• Compensation for Death, i.e., §440.16, F.S.
• Statute of Limitations Disputes, i.e., §440.19, F.S.
• Discovery of Information through Document Production
• Mediations
• Trials
• Settlements, i.e., §440.20, F.S.

Workers’ Compensation Private Mediation

• Certified Circuit Court Mediator and Workers’ Compensation Mediator since 1996
• Longstanding representation of both employers and injured employees
• Statewide perspective as Emeritus Member of Workers’ Compensation Executive Council