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The wait is over. Whether for or against, employers and employees now know what the final rule addressing the overtime standards will require when it becomes effective on December 1, 2016. Probably the most critical component of the revised standards, the salary requirement, represents an increase...

In a span of less than 10 days, two decisions issued by the First District Court of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court have resulted in the evisceration of the statutory fee requirements in Chapter 440. The First District Court of Appeal issued its decision in Miles v. City of Edgewater, Case No....

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver, Stern & Thomas P.A. is proud to announce Hayley L. Folmar has been appointed to the Workers’ Compensation Rules Advisory Committee for the 2016-2019 term.  Hayley is located in our Jacksonville Office.  The scope and function of the Workers' Compensation...

Under Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Laws, a claimant will have a heavy price to pay if an administrative hearing officer, court, or jury, finds the injured worker knowingly or intentionally made any false, fraudulent, or misleading statement, either verbally or in writing, to obtain any...

The Florida Legislature closed out the 2016 Regular Session at 6:45 pm last Friday, March 11, 2016. Throughout the session, over 1800 bills were filed but the Florida Legislature only passed 261 before its adjournment. Governor Rick Scott has already signed several items into new law. Florida...

On February 22, 2016, the Eleventh Circuit handed down a decision in Linda Jean Quigg v. Thomas County School District, a ruling that has significant potential to alter the analysis of employment claims.  Dr. Quigg was Superintendent of the Thomas County School District under a contract that was...

Entitlement to attorney's fees and costs in workers' compensation claims is often evaluated based on the timely provision of benefits. However, in Jennings v. Habana Health Care Center, (2015 WL 9438007), the First DCA ruled that the issue of timeliness is irrelevant in addressing entitlement to...

McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver, Stern & Thomas P.A. is proud to announce John Trawick received an AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell. John is located in our Pensacola Office. John was given an AV rating from his peers, which means that he was deemed to...

Furthering our representation of businesses and employers, Jim McConnaughhay and David McCranie submitted an Amicus Brief to the Florida Supreme Court on behalf of a number of business and employer organizations in defense of Florida's Workers' Compensation law. In Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital et al.,...

As tort liability has combined with the digital age, a party's cell phone, and its Electronically Stored Information (ESI), may operate as a goldmine of information in discovery.  A person's smart phone can create a map to the owner's thoughts and actions.  A cell phone may reveal relevant...