Firm Profile
photo

    We Represent People With:

  • Physical Disabilities and Impairments, Psychiatric and Mental Disorders, Bipolar, PTSD, Deafness, Blindness, HIV/Aids, Cancer, Epilepsy, Schizophrenia, Depression, Mental Retardation, Cerebral palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Diabetes, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Herniated Disk, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Arthritis, Stroke, Seizures, Hepatitis, Heart and Lung disease, Meniere's Disease, Crohn's Disease, Colitis, L.B.S., Myasthenia Gravis, Severe Headaches and Sleep Disorders, Amputation, Vocational Disabilities, MRSA who have wrongfully been denied their benefits.
Home :: FAQ :: Workers Compensation Disability

Florida Workers’ Compensation Disability

The following is a section dealing exclusively with Florida’s Workers Compensation Law. If you are not insured under Florida’s Workers Compensation Law and are insured by a Federal or other State Workers Compensation Act, this website does not purport to give legal opinions on any law other than Florida’s Workers Compensation Law.

  1. What is the purpose of Workers’ Compensation?

  2. What is an “accident” within the meaning of Florida’s Workers Compensation Law?
  3. Who is covered by Florida’s Workers Compensation Act?

  4. What if I get injured and my boss doesn’t have Workers’ Compensation coverage?

  5. My doctor has told me that I will be at “maximum medical improvement” (or “MMI”) soon. What does that mean?

  6. I have heard that my doctor says that my injury was not the major contributing cause of my problems. What is “major contributing cause” mean?

  7. When is compensation payable for my lost wages and medical bills?

  8. What if I am injured in a motor vehicle accident while I’m on the job? What can I do?

  9. If I am in an accident while at work what do I do?

  10. What if I am injured and I fail to advise my employer of the injury within 30 days after the initial manifestation of the injury?

  11. What if I report my injury to my boss and he does not report the injury to the Workers’ Compensation carrier?

  12. What if I’m in a motor vehicle accident? What insurance applies?

  13. When does the Workers’ Compensation carrier have to pay me for my lost work?

  14. How are my medical fees paid?

  15. What is a “Workers’ Compensation Managed Care Arrangement”?

  16. If I am injured, to what compensation am I entitled?

  17. How long do permanent total disability benefits last?

  18. What if I’m not permanently totally disabled, just temporarily disabled? To what am I entitled?

  19. What if I am disabled for more than 104 weeks?

  20. What if I am able to go back to work but I can’t work as much as I had due to my injury?

  21. Am I entitled to Permanent Impairment Benefits if I am not Totally Disabled?

  22. Am I eligible for benefits under the Workers’ Compensation Act if I receive benefits under unemployment compensation?

  23. What if I get into a benefit dispute with my Workers’ Compensation carrier? What do I do?

  24. If I file my own petition will I be liable for costs?

  25. If I hire an attorney can I expect not to have the other side to pay my attorney’s fees?

  26. If I am in debt and I assign my claim to a creditor is it a valid assignment?

  27. If I file a petition do I have to go to mediation?

  28. If there was an impasse at mediation when will my hearing be concluded?

  29. If I think that I am permanently totally disabled can a Judge adjudicate me as such without the employer and Workers’ Compensation carrier being given the opportunity to assess me for the purpose of reemployment?

  30. If I am involved in an automobile accident within the scope of my employment, what should I do and what laws govern?

  31. Who can handle such a law suit or claims or a complicated settlement of an on-the-job accident or injury involving motor vehicles or product liability issues?

  32. Should I settle my Workers’ Compensation case without using an attorney?

  33. How do I contact an attorney and make an appointment?