Chest pain caused by cardiac disease can be the basis of a Florida workers’ compensation claim. Nancy Cavey can help you understand your rights under the Heart and Lung Act. A the Mayo Clinic article about Chest Pain found here. explains there are two causes of chest pain –  cardiac  and non-cardiac. The cardiac causes […]

At Cavey and Barrett we represent many Florida First responder in thier workers’ compensation claims who have hypertension. What is hypertension? Hypertension is a sustained elevation of the resting systolic blood pressure (140 mm Hg), diastolic blood pressure greater than 90 mm Hg or both. Hypertension with no known cause is called primary or essential

The average American probably couldn’t go a day without ingesting a tomato in one form or another. It’s in your salads, on your hamburgers, or even in the ketchup that you put on your French fries. Tomatoes are involved in most of the recipes in any Mexican or Italian restaurant. Since this vegetable is so

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

A recent article in the New York Times has let the public know what we have known for years. The number of judges handling Social Security disability hearings is entirely too low. Delays in government bureaucracy are nothing new. Anyone who has had to take a trip to the DMV can testify to this fact.

It has probably occurred to many of you that we aren’t exactly fond of massive insurance companies. This comes from decades of being in naturally adversarial relationships with their attorneys. After all, when you represent the injured, the argument usually comes down to insurers trying to pay as little as possible or nothing at all,

Physicians and dental disability insurance can help protect medical providers and their families in the case of injuries or unexpected circumstances. You and your family rely on your paycheck to pay bills, feed and clothe your family, and to provide a home and a lifestyle that have come to expect. There are a number of

Only old people have strokes, right? Wrong. A recent study of 7,740 strokes showed that 45 percent of victims were younger than 65, and 27 percent were under 55. “Stroke is no longer an old-age affliction,” says study author Timothy J. Wolf, who holds a doctorate in occupational therapy and teaches at the Washington University

Yes! If you are filing for disability benefits let the Social Security Administration know that you are on active military duty of that you have recently been discharged and the Social Security Administration will handle your claim more quickly. However, be aware that if you are getting non-service connected VA disability benefits; your Social Security benefits can be reduced. You can have both VA service connected disability and Social Security Disability benefits!