Workers' Compensation

Listed below is McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern, P.A.'s workers' compensation case law database. The database dates back until 1971 and includes over 5500 workers' compensation court decisions.

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Thibodeau v. Sarasota Memorial Hosp.

449 So.2d 297, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Feb 13, 1984)

Under the terms of Section 440.20(a) F.S. penalties are due if compensation is not paid within 30 days of when they become due. (This case actually dealt with the 20-day requirement as existed in the 1979 law.) Court determined that the period for paying benefits following an appeal begin to run when the mandate is issued by the court of appeal. In this case there was a motion for rehearing filed but the court ruled that the period for paying compensation ran from the issuance of the mandate as opposed to the order denying the motion for rehearing.Section 440.20(8) F.S. was amended effective July 1 1980 to extend the time within which compensation may be paid without penalty from 20 to 30 days. Court ruled that this provision only applied to accidents subsequent to July 1 1980 and could not be applied retroactively.