Tag Archives: South Palm Beach Workers Compensation Lawyers
Offsets of Workers’ Compensation
If you have been injured and permanently disabled on the job, you undoubtedly have a lot of questions. If I am receiving workers’ compensation, will I still be eligible for Social Security Disability? Will my VA benefits be cut if I receive Permanent Total Disability or Social Security Disability benefits? An experienced attorney can… Read More »
Apportionment and Permanent Total Disability
Permanent total disability is reserved only for workers who have suffered a catastrophic injuries or health complications that render them incapable of performing work in the future. Such conditions must meet the standards set in Florida statute 440.15, which states that the employee must be incapable of performing a full range of sedentary employment… Read More »
Can Heart Disease be Covered by Workers’ Compensation for Non-First Responders?
Florida’s Heart/Lung bill offers workers’ compensation benefits to first responders when they get tuberculosis, heart disease, and hypertension. It is assumed that their line of duty was the main contributing factor for their illness, and their employer must prove otherwise if they wish not to provide workers’ compensation benefits. However, can non-first responders file… Read More »
Florida Heart and Lung Bill 112.18
Florida statute 112.18, commonly referred to as Florida’s Heart and Lung bill, offers firefighters, law enforcement agents, and Florida correctional officers workers’ compensation benefits for health complications related to heart and lung issues. However, in order to qualify for these benefits, state employees must have passed a physical examination, upon being hired, clearing them… Read More »
