Thank you Robert. My friend is a superintendent in the Illinois paving industry (a lot of heavy equip operators). He complains about the occasional worker with a history of repeat back injuries driving up the cost of their insurance…and no way to know an employee’s history of claims prior to hiring them, until after they’ve filed one against his employer. I am wondering how the State of Florida compares to the national averages in their WC claims/process. I can only speculate that the jury found the system more troublesome than this worker.
Many states have NO timelimit to re-open a claim if there is fraud involved. True, 15 years is a long time – yet still the NO timelimit rules. Oddly, the Injured Worker nearly always faces a timelimit by when he or she must file a petition to re-open his or her claim. GUESS who was likely behind having the NO timelimit?
I am the attorney who represented Mr. Rider. I am very interseted in the responses posted following the verdict.
Perhaps the State should have used another course of action rather than a criminal trial to terminate Mr. Rider’s benefits.
They wee the ones who put Mr. Rider through a rigorous physical evaluation and determined his disbility following his accident. He did not make the determination himself that he was disabled. In fact, although it is hard to prove that someone is indeed suffering or inable to work, Mr. Rider is severely disabled as a result of his accident and lives with constant pain. The jury was not comprised of people doing the same type of fraud.
There was simply no evidence of fraud, or any other criminal act. The jury saw the evidence, listened to the testimony and made the correct decision.
We should be thankful that the jury has the last say. Not the State.
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Thank you Robert. My friend is a superintendent in the Illinois paving industry (a lot of heavy equip operators). He complains about the occasional worker with a history of repeat back injuries driving up the cost of their insurance…and no way to know an employee’s history of claims prior to hiring them, until after they’ve filed one against his employer. I am wondering how the State of Florida compares to the national averages in their WC claims/process. I can only speculate that the jury found the system more troublesome than this worker.
Many states have NO timelimit to re-open a claim if there is fraud involved. True, 15 years is a long time – yet still the NO timelimit rules. Oddly, the Injured Worker nearly always faces a timelimit by when he or she must file a petition to re-open his or her claim. GUESS who was likely behind having the NO timelimit?
I am the attorney who represented Mr. Rider. I am very interseted in the responses posted following the verdict.
Perhaps the State should have used another course of action rather than a criminal trial to terminate Mr. Rider’s benefits.
They wee the ones who put Mr. Rider through a rigorous physical evaluation and determined his disbility following his accident. He did not make the determination himself that he was disabled. In fact, although it is hard to prove that someone is indeed suffering or inable to work, Mr. Rider is severely disabled as a result of his accident and lives with constant pain. The jury was not comprised of people doing the same type of fraud.
There was simply no evidence of fraud, or any other criminal act. The jury saw the evidence, listened to the testimony and made the correct decision.
We should be thankful that the jury has the last say. Not the State.
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