Oct 26, 2022

Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

Florida’s special firefighter statute, § 112.1816, Fla. Stat., which provides previously unavailable benefits—a one-time payment of $25,000, and full coverage of the firefighter’s cancer treatment—to firefighters who meet certain criteria...

Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively Florida’s Special Firefighter Cancer Statute Cannot Be Applied Retroactively

Jun 1, 2020

Opinion Mondays: 30 Days into California's COVID-19 Executive Order, Questions Abound

As the nation moves, with fits and starts, toward some sort of recovery from the COVID-19 crisis, many within the workers’ compensation system are still trying to digest significant changes...

Opinion Mondays: 30 Days into California's COVID-19 Executive Order, Questions Abound Opinion Mondays: 30 Days into California's COVID-19 Executive Order, Questions Abound

May 19, 2020

PA Commonwealth Court Says Protz Decision Was Not "Fully Retroactive"

In the continuing saga surrounding Pennsylvania’s Protz decision [see Protz v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Derry Area School District), 639 Pa. 645, 161 A.3d 827 (Pa. 2017)(Protz II)], the state’s...

PA Commonwealth Court Says Protz Decision Was Not "Fully Retroactive" PA Commonwealth Court Says Protz Decision Was Not "Fully Retroactive"