41 Fla. L. Weekly D472a Top of Form Employer-employee relations — Whistleblowers — Complaint sufficiently alleged causal connection between employee’s objection to or refusal to participate in employer’s illegal activity, policy, or practice and adverse employment action — Civil rights — Age discrimination — Allegations that defendant was over 40 years of age, that he Read More »

26 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D6aop of Form Insurance — Underinsured motorist — Bad faith — Jurisdiction — Removal — Remand to state court — Removal of insured’s state court lawsuit against the insurer for underinsured motorist benefits after insured amended the complaint to add a claim for statutory bad faith pursuant to Florida law Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D442aTop of Form Administrative law — Department of Financial Services properly assessed penalty against limited liability company for failure to maintain workers’ compensation insurance for its employees — Section 440.107(15), Florida Statutes, only exempts non-construction industry limited liability companies from a penalty for the period between July 1, 2013 through December Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D453aTop of Form Workers’ compensation — Expert medical advisor — Judge of compensation claims erred in failing to appoint an expert medical advisor where the opinions of two physicians disagreed as to claimant’s permanent impairment rating — JCC erred in finding that no disagreement existed because one physician’s opinion had an Read More »

41 Fla. L. Weekly D454aTop of Form Workers’ compensation — Compensable accidents — Heart disease — Presumption of compensability — Law enforcement officers — “Triggering” of claimant’s congenital slow accessory pathway which manifested as supra ventricular tachycardia — In finding that the presumption of compensability had been overcome, judge of compensation claims erroneously concluded that Read More »