PFB and New Case filings January 2017

The figures are in for Florida workers' compensation litigation filings in January 2017.

The PFB filings were up notably in January (14%) over the same month last year. The OJCC is projecting an annualized increase in the range of 6-7%.

2015-16 2016-17 Change 2017/2016
July 5618 5637 0%
August 5443 6514 20%
September 5411 6125 13%
October 5788 5335 -8%
November 4982 5375 8%
December 5115 5461 7%
January 5035 5720 14%
February 5481 5488 0%
March 6002
April 5494
May 6119
June 6777
Average 5605 5738 2%

The "new cases" volume for January was also significantly increased (5%). The OJCC is projecting an annual increase of about 2% for 2017.

2015-16 2016-17 Change
July 2740 2538 -7%
August 2529 2936 16%
September 2625 2650 1%
October 2744 2406 -12%
November 2330 2509 8%
December 2354 2400 2%
January 2363 2487 5%
February 2600 2378 -9%
March 2739
April 2579
May 2638
June 2937
2598 2538


These projections are based upon the best information available, but are subject to change depending upon the potential filings volumes of the five months remaining in this fiscal year.

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