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Tag Archives: Impairment
The Five Kinds of Driving Impairment
Wind gusts and lightning strikes cause a few Harris County vehicle collisions every year. But most car crashes are not “accidents.” In fact, human error is directly or indirectly responsible for over 90 percent of these incidents. Driving impairment is … Continue reading
Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A. // Key to Defeating Florida Workers’ Compensation Drug Defense is Preventing Presumption of Impairment
A popular defense utilized by Florida employers and their workers’ compensation insurance carriers (E/C) to keep from having to pay workers’ compensation benefits is the drug defense under section 440.09(3), Florida Statutes. In pertinent part, the section provides as follows: … Continue reading
Posted in Injury & Accident Law
Tagged Compensation, defeating, defense, drug, Florida, Gale, Impairment, Jeffrey, P.A., Presumption, Preventing, workers
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Impaired Practitioner Programs: What You Need to Know if You’ve Been Accused of Impairment or Disruptive Behavior
By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law In an industry that revolves around serving others, physicians and other health professionals sometimes find that they are the ones being pushed toward … Continue reading
Posted in Health Law
Tagged accused, Been, Behavior, Disruptive, IMPAIRED, Impairment, know, need, Practitioner, Programs, Youve
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Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A. // Carrier’s Obligation to Pay Medical Expenses Despite Drug/Alcohol Impairment Defense
Under Florida law, if a workplace injury was occasioned primarily by the influence of alcohol or drugs, workers’ compensation benefits can be denied. Section 440.09(3), Florida Statutes (2018) (Interestingly, while this section provides that “Compensation is not payable,” with section … Continue reading
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Tagged Carriers, defense, despite, Drug/Alcohol, expenses, Gale, Impairment, Jeffrey, Medical, Obligation, P.A.
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Beaudry on Impairment & Disability Law
Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry (McGill University – Institute for Health and Social Policy) has posted The Vanishing Body of Disability Law: Power and the Making of the Impaired Subject (Canadian Journal of Family Law (2018) vol. 31, p. 7-56) on SSRN. Here is the … Continue reading
