Announcements

The following have applied for service on the Florida Judges of Compensation Claims Statewide Nominating Commission: Fifth District Commission-Appointed position: Charlie Bailes, ABC Fine Wine and Spirits, Orlando, FL Fourth District Commission-Appointed position: James Bennett Flax, Center for Conflict Resolution, Cooper City, FL Thomas James Stanford, private mediator, North Palm Beach, FL Howard Scheiner, private mediator, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Tampa Vacancy created by Judge Young's transfer to St. Petersburg: Jessica Carrier; Florida Judges of Compensation Claims, Sarasota. James McGee III; McGee Mediations, St. Petersburg. Todd J. Sanders; Florida First District Court, Tallahassee. Matthew B. Wheeley; Carlson, Meissner, Hart and Hayslett, Odessa.

The OJCC announced Friday, July 24, 2020 that all state mediations will be telephonic through August 28, 2020. There is no need to ask permission to appear telephonically during this time.  The OJCC staff is all wearing masks whenever we are not at our desks. Please remember to wear yours if you visit any of our facilities.  No paper should be mailed or delivered to our OJCC offices. The rules require attorneys to use electronic filing. If paper must be sent, it is to be sent to our clerk's office in Tallahassee. The COVID-19 virus can live on surfaces, including paper. Please do not bring or send paper to our offices. 

The Division of Workers' Compensation is excited to announce an updated Proof of Coverage search application to the  Search Our Data  portal on the Division’s website effective on July 8, 2020.  The changes to the Coverage section include: A new look and updated functionality for the Proof of Coverage application which will incorporate and combine the current Policy Search application into it The WC Policy Search application will be removed from the portal Automatically displays last 5 years of coverage data received at the Division and provides 10 years of coverage history based on the employer’s FEIN Provides for searches to be made on Employer Name, FEIN, Policy Number, Effective Date, Expiration Date and County Provides a downloadable list of data A new Exemption Search application will also be added to the Search Our Data portal on the Division’s website at the same time. This application will allow users to search for officers of a corporation or members of a limite...

Governor Ron DeSantis Makes Five Judges of Compensation Claims Appointments On July 2, 2020, in News Releases , Recent Appointments , by Staff Tallahassee, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the appointments of John Moneyham to Panama City, Brian Anthony to Tampa, and Erik Grindal to Sarasota. He also reappointed Sylvia Medina-Shore to Miami and Jack Weiss to Fort Meyers. Moneyham, 58, of Panama City, Florida, has been the president of John P. Moneyham, P.A. since 1991. He previously served as an associate for McConnaughhay, Roland, Maida, Cherr & McCranie. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida and his law degree from Florida State University. Moneyham fills the open judicial seat in the Panama City District.  Anthony, 55, of Tampa, Florida, has been an attorney for Anthony Law Office, P.A. since 2012. He previously served as a partner with Caglianone, Miller & Anthony. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida ...

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation submitted a Notice of Meeting/Workshop Hearing for 69L-7, F.A.C. - Workers' Compensation Medical Reimbursement and Utilization Review. The hearing will be held on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time, via webinar. The webinar details are below. You may join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at the time of the meeting. The link to the GoToMeeting is as follows: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/962878717

The following is a list of links to various articles on COVID-19 and the Florida OJCC: Blog posts re COVID-19:  Corona Virus COVID-19 03.10.20;  COVID-19 All OJCC Mediations Temporarily Telephonic 03.14.20;    Remotely Swearing Witnesses 03.15.20;  Stress in the Time of COVID 03.19.20;  Shifting Paradigms 03.22.20;    COVID-19 Update 06.06.20 ;   Six Degrees of COVID-19 04.02.20;  A Mistaken Motion 04.14.20;  We will Get Through This 04.19.20;  Science, Standards, and Government 04.26.20;  Masks Illegal? Not Generally 04.30.20;  A Frank Conversation of COVID-19 05.03.20;  Loss and Change 05.05.20;  COVID-19 Effect on Florida Litigation 05.07.20;  COVID and Workers’ Compensation 05.11.20;  COVID-19 Again a New Week 05.19.20;  COVID-19 Regressive Impact 05.24.20;  When We Return to Normal 05.28.20;  Changing Vernacular 06.02.20;  COVID-19 in Florida Claims 06.09.2...

The Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims previously mandated telephonic mediation beginning March 14, 2020. That mandated expired May 31, 2020 and June has demonstrated some return to normalcy, but also a marked public desire for telephonic attendance. Without such a mandate, the parties to cases have been appropriately seeking permission for telephonic appearance on a case-by-case basis. That effort is demonstrably straining the workload of both practitioners and state mediators. To attempt to alleviate some level of stress, the OJCC is now mandating all state mediation to be telephonic beginning July 1, 2020 through July 31, 2020. During that time, there is no need for any party to seek permission to attend state mediation telephonically.