Defending Liability, Workers' Compensation, Employment Claims and Appeals Since 1982

43 Fla. L. Weekly D2667a Workers’ compensation — Mediation — Judge of compensation claims properly admitted parol evidence to resolve latent ambiguity in mediation agreement regarding the brand of bed that employer/carrier was to provide to claimant — JCC did not err in denying motion to enforce mediation agreement upon finding that there was no […]

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43 Fla. L. Weekly D2674c Torts — Automobile accident — Collision with scooter which had top speed of just over 30 miles per hour and which was at the time of accident being driven at less than 30 mph on a limited access facility with a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour — […]

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43 Fla. L. Weekly D2663a Workers’ compensation — Jurisdiction — Judge of compensation claims erroneously found that he lacked jurisdiction of claim for temporary partial disability benefits because adjudication of claim would require him to resolve same issue concerning date of maximum medical improvement that was determined in an earlier order that is on appeal […]

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43 Fla. L. Weekly D2611b Arbitration — Waiver — Purchaser’s dispute with motor vehicle dealer — Trial court properly determined that legally binding agreement to arbitrate existed, that dispute fell within scope of that agreement, and that defendant had not waived its right to arbitrate — Defendant’s failure to pay American Arbitration Association fees several […]

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43 Fla. L. Weekly D2625a Prohibition — Prohibition is not the appropriate mechanism to test correctness of trial court order where trial court has both subject matter jurisdiction and personal jurisdiction over the defendant — When trial court issued default judgment against petitioner’s co-defendant, the default judgment was not effective to terminate the cause of […]

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