Verdict: Workers Compensation

Jerry Hayden (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) An evidentiary hearing was held with respect to the Claimant’s third request for a $2,000.00. The Claimant sought the advance on the basis of financial distress. After cross-examining the Claimant, the E/C established that her affidavits filed in support of the motion were not reliable or credible. The E/C… Read More

Jerry Hayden (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) The issues addressed at Final Hearing included a Petition for Benefits filed on 3/23/18 seeking TTD and/or TPD benefits retroactive to the industrial accident of 7/13/11, plus penalties, interest, attorney’s fees and costs. The E/SA argued that it paid appropriate indemnity benefits except for a gap in payment which… Read More

Jerry Hayden (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) The issue addressed at the Final Hearing included the Claimant’s request for a one-time change of provider. On June 5, 2017, the Claimant submitted an initial written request one-time change of PCP/treating physician by fax containing a lengthy narrative that also requested authorization of medical treatment from an alternate… Read More

Jerry Hayden (Miami, FL) (Workers’ Compensation) The issue addressed at Final Hearing included the Claimant’s request for compensability of a right ankle fracture and authorization of a primary care provider for this condition. The Claimant contended that her compensable back injury resulted in her legs giving way on February 17, 2018, causing her to fall… Read More

Traci Teer (Atlanta, GA) (Workers’ Compensation) successfully defended an “all issues” Georgia workers’ compensation case. In Toler v. Brunswick Memorial Park, the Claimant worked as a part-time office manager at a funeral home. On June 29, 2016, she slipped and fell while turning a corner to go to the restroom. She sustained multiple injuries and… Read More