If you have any friend or family in Northern Ohio who have been involved in an auto accident or have been bitten by a dog, I suggest you contact Chuck....
Continue readingClearwater personal injury lawyer Jim Dodson has written this auto insurance guide for all Florida drivers and it is a must read. Avoid making a BIG mistake by failing to get the right kind on insurance coverage. Attorney Jim Dodson steers you right and will help answer your questions about Florida auto insurance....
Continue readingI am currently representing a Florida First responder with mitral regurgitation. What is it and is it covered under Florida's Heart and Lung Act? Mitral regurgitation is the incomplete closing of the mitral valve causing flow from the left ventricle into the left atrium. The causes of mtiral regurgitation are a mitral valve prolapse, ischemic changes, or rheumatic fever....
Continue readingAre you a Florida registered nurse who is working overtime hours? The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides an exemption from minimum wage and overtime pay for employees who are bona fide learned professional employees. If you are nurse who is not being paid overtime, call Cavey and Barrett, your Tampa Bay wage rights lawyers at 727-894-3188 to learn if you are entitled to overtime pay....
Continue readingHave you ever thought about what would happen to your children if you were seriously injured or even killed in an accident?...
Continue readingThe Florida legislature changed the attorney fee provisions of 440.34. Florida workers compensation attorneys, like Nancy Cavey, were paid attorneys fees by the workers compensation carrier if they successfully obtained workers' compensation benefits. There are two ways the fees were calculated....
Continue readingMany businesses are required to pay some of their employees overtime, but they do not. There are many ways for businesses to avoid doing this as I have learned this personally....
Continue readingUnder proposed Social Security Rules, the disability appeals process would adopt strict deadlines and rules of evidence. The Administrative Law Judge would give 75 days notice of hearing and require the applicant to submit all evidence supporting their claim for benefits within 5 days of the hearing. No post hearing evidence would be allowed as is now permitted....
Continue readingOn May 8, 2008 The First District Court of Appeal clarified its decision in Butler v. Jacksonville. Mr. Butler was a fire-figher who had hypertension which caused peripheral vascular disease (PVD). The First District held that Butler was entitled to presumption that his PVD as caused by his occupation as a firefighter. The Court also found Mr. Butler was permanently totally disabled as a result of the PVD. His hypertension was not per se disabling....
Continue readingThe Social Security Administration has a plan to eliminate the huge hearing backlog which has resulted in 17,000 approvals of Social Security disability benefits at the reconsideration stage, 14,974 senior attorney decisions and 60,000 more administrative law judge's dispositions this year....
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