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Updated 5-27-22 Guerera v. Becton Dickinson Co./Sedgwick, ___ So.3d___ (Fla. 1st DCA 5/4/22)Attorney Fees/Benefits Obtained The JCC denied entitlement to E/C-paid attorney fees asserted to be owed for P&I on IBs, and for an increase in the AWW. The DCA affirmed as to the P&I fee issue but reversed as to the fee denial for the AWW increase. The JCC found “no actual or real benefit was secured” since the claimant was at the Maximum Compensation Rate. However, the DCA found... View More

JCC Clark (Ft. Myers) (Scott Miller)(4-13-22) – Denied compensability of claimant’s accident finding the accident did not arise out of the claimant’s employment. While there were various “inconsistent, incomplete and…confusing” descriptions of the claimant’s accident in the medical records, the JCC accepted the description of accident the claimant provided at deposition and at final hearing, which was that he injured his low back while standing up from the kneeling position after baiting a rat trap. It was not in dispute... View More

DSK Group, Inc./Zurich v. Hernandez, ___ So.3d____ (Fla. 1st DCA 4/27/22)Compensability/Going and Coming The DCA reversed the JCC’s decision that the claimant’s MVA and injuries were compensable. The claimant argued he was a traveling employee and thus not subject to the going and coming rule. The JCC disagreed, but found the claimant’s travel from job to job, even though he was required to clock in and clock out on his phone as an hourly employee, rendered the accident compensable as he... View More