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• 2010-11 American Lawyer Academy Viral Video Scholarship Contest and Official Rules – Southern Region   
  Description: Representing the Northwest Region in the American Lawyer Academy Viral Video Scholarship Contest,
  the Law Office of Cavey & Barrett is proud to accept video submissions from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas.
• The Dirty Little Secret About Taxable Costs in Workers’ Compensation Cases   
  Description: Have a workers compensation claim and do not know what to do? Know the dirty little secrets about taxable costs in a Workers Compensation case by Tampa Bay Workers Compensation Attorney Nancy Cavey.
• Rich and Successful Engage in Strategic Defaults and Walk Away from Million Dollar Properties   
  Description: If you owe more than your house is worth then you may just be able to walk away... contact Castle Law of Florida to learn more about how to escape or avoid bankruptcy.
• Voluntarily Resigning Your Job May Jeopardize Your Rights to Compensation Benefits   
  Description: You may be entitled to what is called temp or partial benefits if you are a Florida first responder who has been injured.
• Disability Awareness Month   
  Description: Did you know that Disability Awareness Month is in May? Part of what helps protect employees from financial disaster are Short and Long Term Disability benefits. You should, however, make sure that you understand the elements of your Short or Long Term Disability benefits policy before you agree to a payroll deduction.
• Learn About Strokes: 5 Warning Signs   
  Description: Michael Castleman has written a great article about the 5 warning signs of strokes. Learn about whatstrokes are and how you may be effected.
• What Every Doctor and Dentist Needs to Know About Disability | ERISA Disability Insurance: Don't Buy the Wrong Policy   
  Description: Florida Disability Lawyer Nancy Cavey talks about what Dentists and Doctors Need to Know about Disability and ERISA Insurance Policies. Physician and Dental Disability insurance polices to help protect their families in case of injuries or unexpected circumstances in coverage and benefits.
• Big Insurance Doesn't Mean Good Insurance   
  Description: Big insurance companies spend millions on advertising so they can deny thousands of claims.
• SSD: Not Enough Judges, Too Much Backlog   
  Description: There is a ridiculous three year delay on appeals cases for Social Security Disability.
• Common Conditions and Illnesses that Qualify for Disability   
  Description: Florida attorneys Cavey and Barrett present a list of common conditions that could qualify you for disability benefits.
• If You Read Nothing Else, Please Read This!   
  Description: All too often honest, hard working people are taken advantage of by unscrupulous employers. Maybe you have heard the stories about how employers have not paid a fair wage to their employees or no wages of all because the employee did not know their legal rights. You are going to learn things in the enclosed Special Report that your boss may not want you to know.
• You Can't Have It Your Way: Burger King, Tomatoes and Florida Workers   
  Description: A penny a pound increase demand from tomato pickers in Florida has led to resistance from the growers.
• What Every Florida First Responder Needs to Know About Hypertension   
  Description: The Heart and Lung Act provides workers' compensation coverage for Florida First responders who have arterial or cardiovascular hypertension. This article will give you an overview of hypertension and the drugs used to treat the condition. Order your copy of Cavey and Barrett's First Responder book on Florida's Heart and Lung Act.
• Florida First Responder's and Chest Pain   
  Description: If you are a Florida First Responder and have chest pain you may be entitled to Florida Workers' Compensation benefits.
• Pay and Investigate Rule and the Heart and Lung Presumptios   
  Description: Under Florida workers' compensation law, the Employer/Carrier can pay and investigate your right to benefits under the Heart and Lung Act. JCC Murphy found the Heart and Lung presumption applied where Sumter County failed to timely investigate correctional officer Rushing"s first responder heart claim.
• Florida First Responder's and Social Security Disability Benefits for Cardiac Claims   
  Description: Florida First Responders may be entitled to Social Security Disability Benefits for Cardiac Claims if they have enough quarters of coverage and can meet the Social Security criteria. Learn about Listing 4.0 Cardiovascular System and your rights to Social Security Disability Benefits.
• First Responder Rights to Psychiatric Care under the Florida Workers's Compensation System   
  Description: Do you know your First Responder rights to treatment for psychiatric care? You'd better because some Police and Fire Department de-briefing teams and staff psychologists are giving First responders wrong information about their valuable rights to treatment for psychiatric care. This article explains how you can be entitled to psychiatric care even without physical injury.
• Court Expands Florida First Responder Presumptions   
  Description: A new case expands the Florida First Responder Presumptions found in Heart/Lung Bill, Section 112.18(1). If you have a presumed condition, such as tuberculosis, heart disease or hypertension, which causes other medical conditions, the presumption expands to include those otherwise non-compensable conditions. Your employer must present clear and convincing evidence that your presumed compensable condition or the progression of that condition was caused by a specific non-work-related event for exposure. Otherwise, you're entitled to the presumption and Florida workers' compensation benefits!
• Recent State Inspections Show Workers' Comp System is Not Perfect   
  Description: A surprise inspection of Florida Employers to see if they were up to specifications led to some surprising results.
• Confessions of a Construction Site Manager   
  Description: I met Justin through a mutual friend at a dinner party, and as the evening progressed our conversation turned towards our respective occupations. As a longtime resident of Northern Virginia, I was fascinated (and a little concerned) by the near constant construction that is taking place all over the area, so I asked him questions about his business.
• The Emma Murray Decision and Your Rights to Florida Workers' Compensation Benefits   
  Description: The Florida Legislature attempted to remove Florida workers compensation attorneys, like Nancy Cavey, from the workers compensation system in 2003 by limiting the payment of attorney fees. Many workers compensation attorneys got out of or limited their Florida workers compensation practice because they simply could not afford to keep their doors open to represent injured Florida workers. The Florida Supreme Court has entered a blockbuster decision in the Emma Murray case that will allow for a workers compensation attorneys to, once again, represent workers who've been denied of Florida workers compensation benefits.
• "Horizontal Immunity:" A New Hurdle for Injured Florida Workers   
  Description: A new law on Florida's books has made it even harder for injured workers to receive compensation for pain and suffering.
• Filing a Workers' Comp Claim? It Pays to be Organized.   
  Description: Filing a workers' compensation claim can be an uphill battle. One of the best ways to insure that you are treated decently is to be as organized as possible.
• First Responders Wrongfully Denied Florida Workers's Compensation Benefits Based on Risk Factor Defense   
  Description: Florida First Responder workers compensation claims are wrongfully denied on the basis of pre-existing personal risk factors such as a family history of heart disease. No more! In Punsky, the court said no to the use of personal risk factors as a basis for denying heart and lung workers compensation claims.
• Overtime Wages and Store Managers   
  Description: Store managers may be entitled to overtime pay under the FLSA if their job duties take them out of the executive exemption of the FLSA. Many employers call their store mangers exempt but this article explains the legal requirements an employer must establish for store mangers to be exempt from overtime wages.
• Recent Workers' Compensation Order [PDF]   
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• 2006 Non-Fatal Workers Compensation Statistics by Industry Sector and Employment Size [PDF]   
  Description: 2006 Non-Fatal Workers Compensation Statistics by Industry Sector and Employment Size
• Non Fatal Workers Injuries in Florida for 2006 [PDF]   
  Description: From the Florida Department of Financial Services, here is a list of non-fatal workplace injuries that occurred in Florida for 2006.
• Numbers of Non-fatal Workplace Injuries in Florida in 2006 [PDF]   
  Description: Taken from the Florida Department of Financial Services...
• "Workers Compensation: A Cautionary Tale" [PDF]   
  Description: The Center for Justice and Democracy has authored a landmark paper on how Workers' Compensation programs are failing injured workers on a national level.

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