Monthly Archives: January 2026
Can I Get Workers’ Compensation Benefits For A Preexisting Condition?
The point of having a workers’ compensation system in the U.S. is to allow an injured employee to focus on healing instead of having to expend time and effort navigating the legal system to get their medical bills paid. If an injured worker meets the criteria for their injury to be compensable, they will… Read More »
Workers’ Comp Premiums Set To Lower In 2026
After a press release from Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR), it is official: Florida employers will see a tenth straight year of decreases in the cost of workers’ compensation insurance and premiums. After input from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the state’s regulators saw fit to approve a 6.9 percent decrease… Read More »
What Does ‘No Fault’ Florida Workers’ Comp Actually Mean?
In Florida and many other U.S. states, workers’ compensation is a no-fault system. What this means is that an injured employee does not have to go to trial and exhaustively prove that their injury occurred due to their employer’s negligence. Rather, unless something goes wrong with their application for benefits, an employee will simply… Read More »
Been Injured By A Rideshare Car?
Rideshare cars, like those representing Uber and Lyft, occupy a somewhat unique grey zone in terms of auto accident liability. In these crashes, determining who may be held liable if injuries result must take more factors into account than in an ordinary auto accident case – and being on the clock will usually result… Read More »