Every year in Florida, people are sent to prison for crimes they did not commit. This injustice would be bad enough but consider that even after a long legal battle for exoneration, the vast majority ...

Florida could be poised to erase a key provision in state law which has kept dozens of people wrongfully imprisoned from receiving compensation for years spent behind bars. A Senate panel Wednesday ...

The half-day workshop will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Greater Orlando Builders Association (GOBA) and is ...

Workers’ compensation insurance rates in Florida should decrease by an average 6.9% in 2026 under a proposal by the National Council on Compensation Insurance. Submitted last month, the NCCI’s ...

Not all insurance rates in Florida are increasing. Florida Insurance Commissioner Mike Yaworsky on Monday ordered an average 1% rate decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective Jan. 1. The ...

Workers’ compensation is broken in Florida. Putting it back together will be a difficult, time-consuming and potentially fruitless task for legislators next year. In recent months, courts have issued ...

The 2017 Florida Legislature was destined to consider and enact comprehensive workers’ compensation reform, right? Before the session, that was the impression from media outlets, interest groups and ...

After a Florida Supreme Court ruling last month that struck down a limit on attorney’s fees, workers-compensation insurance rates could go up an overall 17.1 percent, according to a proposal submitted ...

Right now, Florida first responders can get medical coverage under workers' compensation, but not lost wages, if they are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder on the job. The Florida Senate ...

A year ago as COVID-19 began casting a shadow over the nation, Florida’s economy was booming. The state’s unemployment rate in February 2020 was 2.8%, the lowest on record. Essentially, we were at ...