A common misconception amongst small Florida law firm owners is that growth is measured by the number of people in the business. However, true growth of any business is achieved through an increase in profit. The only way to achieve this objective is to improve your...

We’ve all been there – the employer or carrier makes a great settlement offer, but the injured worker (the client) is reluctant to accept.  Or worse, the client hastily accepts a suboptimal offer from the employer without thoughtful consideration of their future...

Recently, the First District Court of Appeal issued an opinion in Soya v. Health First, Inc., Case No. 1D21-59 (Fla. 1st DCA Feb. 22, 2022), that added some much needed clarity to the  “arising out of” requirement in Florida Workers’ Compensation...

Medicare Set-Asides are a specialized product where Medicare has set forth a special process. The general idea is that an MSA will pay for medical care related to sued-for injuries so that Medicare doesn’t pay. But what happens when the MSA industry decides it wants...

I vividly recall the first deposition I took after getting out of law school. It was for a group of RICO plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a large car manufacturer. I spent days writing out questions, analyzing how the deponents would likely answer, and how I, in...

A structured settlement can be a great way to ensure an injured worker is able to care for himself and his family for life. But it’s important to make sure all the right parties involved and are working as a team. Otherwise, there could be adversarial relationships...

By: Ametros When settling cases with a Medicare Set Aside (MSA), often the ongoing compliance responsibility for the injured worker, including annual reporting to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), can be an afterthought. There is a common...

By: Your Florida Settlement Consultants at Ringler: Scott Hoover, Jeff Klugerman, William Mathews, and Jim Volanti. A structured settlement creates a win for all parties to a workers’ compensation settlement; the employer, the payer, the injured worker, and...

By: Matthew Carrillo, Carrillo Injury Law This question has been asked by countless employees that have been injured on the job and believe it was caused by their employer’s negligence.  Outside of an employment situation, like a car accident, slip and fall,...

By Paul A. Herman, Esq. and Joel A. Brown, Esq. The Florida Workers’ Compensation Industry is living in its own version of the “Zombie Apocalypse” comparable to the one seen in the movies Zombieland and Zombieland 2. We are referring to “Zombies” in the form of...

By Mike McDonner / President of Milestone Reporting I vividly recall the first deposition I took after getting out of law school. It was for a group of RICO plaintiffs in a lawsuit against a large car manufacturer. I spent days writing out questions, analyzing how the...

UPDATE ON IMPORTANT FEDERAL AND STATE CASES INVOLVING MEDICAL DEBT AND 440.13 By Paul A. Herman, Esq., Joel A. Brown, Esq., & Robert A. Friedman, Esq. February 18, 2021 The following is an update of two recent important decisions involving both state and federal...