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Bill Rogner and Andrew Borah Fla.1st DCA (12/14/2018) Petitions to Modify/Compelling IME The claimant’s injury occurred in 1985. She received 24 hour a day attendant care from her husband and daughter, whom the E/C each paid over $31,000 a year. The claimant stopped seeing her doctor in 2012, but continued signing off on the timesheets. Thereafter, the E/C obtained surveillance which clearly showed the husband and daughter were not providing the care they were attesting to on time sheets. The... View More

Bill Rogner The claimant’s injury occurred in 1985. Per a 1999 Final Order she received 24 hour a day attendant care from her husband and *daughter in law*, whom the E/C each paid over $31,000 a year. The claimant stopped seeing her doctor in 2012, but continued signing off on the timesheets. Thereafter, the E/C obtained surveillance which clearly showed the daughter in law was not providing the care attested to on time sheets. The E/C sought to file a... View More

Paul L. Luger JCC Havers (Miami) – (11-30-18) – Denied all claims – Pro se claimant alleged a repetitive back injury, which was denied. The Judge found that the claimant failed to meet his burden of proving he had suffered an accidental compensable injury arising out of work performed in the course and scope of his employment.View JCC Merits Order View More

Andrew R. Borah JCC Kerr (Miami)(10-24-18) – The JCC denied claims against multiple employers and carriers. The JCC found the company the claimant was employed by at the time of the accident had only three employees and therefore was not required to obtain workers’ compensation insurance. The claims against other possible employers were dismissed.View JCC Merits Order View More

Derrick E. Cox JCC Stanton (Gainesville)(10-24-18) – The JCC denied the claim based on the coming and going rule. The claimant worked at various hospitals as a nurse. The claimant argued she was a travelling employee at the time of the accident. The JCC accepted the employer’s testimony that the claimant was not required to accept non-local nursing assignments, which the claimant sometimes accepted. The claimant elected to take these non-local assignments and was not required to do so. Moreover,... View More

Andrew R. Borah JCC Kerr (Miami)(10-22-18) – The JCC denied authorization of one-time change with Dr. Vega. The JCC found the carrier properly provided a one-time change with Dr. Saff. The JCC rejected the claimant’s argument that Dr. Saff was too far away without evidence of same.View JCC Merits Order View More