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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Parker Lumber Co. v. Hart

497 So.2d 948, 11 Fla. L. Week. 2371, (Fla.App. 1 Dist., Nov 14, 1986)

Claimant injured in compensable accident while working in two employments. Concurrent wages used to establish average weekly wage. After MMI claimant returned to full time employment but did not conduct work search seeking part time employment similar to that she had prior to the accident. The Court determined that the claimant was not required to seek a second position after she had returned to full time work following accident.The beginning time for determining if penalties are due for the late payment of wage loss benefits is not the date when wage loss request forms are received but rather when the employer/carrier first had knowledge of the claimant's compensable wage loss. An employer may decline to pay wage loss benefits until completed forms are submitted but must do so at the risk of being liable for penalties and interest.