Kagan Notable Appellate & Trial Outcomes

CHRISTMAS EVE-EVE SPECIAL: COURT RE-DECIDES ORTIZ SOL CASE–28 PAGE OPINION!

CHRISTMAS EVE-EVE SPECIAL:COURT RE-DECIDES ORTIZ ‘SOL’ CASE–28 PAGE OPINION! Something sweet, or lump of coal? Ortiz v. Winn-Dixie, Inc., Travelers Ins., and Sedgwick CMS, Fla. 1st DCA, No. 1D22021-0885, 12/23/24 After a year and a half of everyone on pins and needles, even though the claimant has now prevailed, in my view the result for industry …

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An H G Kagan Caselaw Alert:Confirmation of Last Year’s“GOING AND COMING” Landmark Alert

An H G Kagan Caselaw Alert:Confirmation of Last Year’s“GOING AND COMING” Landmark Alert: Himalstein v. Water Connection, Inc, and RetailFirst Insurance Company, Summit, 1st DCA No. 1D22-2557, issued 9/6/21, final 9/21/23. JCC Jack Adam Weiss. Claimant’s counsel: Michael J. Winer, appeal; Brian O. Sutter, trial level. Defense counsel: H. George Kagan, appeal; David Roos, trial …

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An H.G. Kagan Landmark Alert
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Kagan Notable Appellate & Trial Outcomes, New Cases & Notes, Uncategorized / By hgkagan

Big Law Day! Court releases one blockbuster on ‘120 day’ rule, and one definitive new ‘limitations’ interpretation, on May 31, 2023. (Not HGK cases, but a recent opinion in an HGK case not warranting a free-standing Alert is at least worth mentioning, so, ‘triple header!’). In order of priority: The sometimes murky but always potentially …

An H.G. Kagan Landmark Alert
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An H.G. Kagan (Minor) Landmark Alert

Kagan Notable Appellate & Trial Outcomes, New Cases & Notes / By hgkagan

CAN’T TOUCH THIS! JCC has no jurisdiction to affect a §440.211 collective bargaining agreement arbitration determination in any way (language of later-added 440.1926 notwithstanding). Claimant’s efforts/JCC’s Order changing the status quo: thwarted! (Hence the ‘minor’ Landmark designation). SIMS CRANE & EQUIPMENT CO., and BRIDGEFIELD EMPLOYERS INSURANCE COMPANY v. ALEJANDRO PRECIADO, 1st DCA Case No. 1D21-2661, 10/12/22 Holding in a nutshell:Injured …

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HGK LANDMARK ALERT: AN HGK CASE!

Kagan Notable Appellate & Trial Outcomes, New Cases & Notes, News / By hgkagan

END OF ‘IRREGULAR WORKPLACE LOCATION’ AND ‘SOME EMPLOYER EQUIPMENT IN THE CAR’ EXCEPTIONS TO ‘GOING AND COMING’ RULE DSK GROUP, INC., and ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY v. HERNANDEZ, April 27, 2022, Case No. 1D19-2632 Claimant’s counsel: Kimberly A. HillE/C counsel: H. George Kagan Issue. Whether §440.092(2) ‘going or coming’ exclusion precludes compensability of injury “going” …

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