Each year, new cases change the way people view workers' compensation and have an enormous impact on the industry as a whole. The Case Law Update, which took place Monday, August 22 at the 66th Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC), was a session provided as an arena for discussion regarding those cases and how their outcomes may influence what happens in the future.
Kemmerly Thomas, an attorney at McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver in Tallahassee, Fla., has been a member on this panel for nearly 14 years. She was one of five members of this year's discussion-leading panel, which consists of two defense attorneys and three claimant attorneys, and was moderated by Nicole D. Ruocco, an attorney at Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain in Orlando.
“The cases that we discussed this year have extraordinary significance in comparison to previous years,” Thomas said. “This is because of the profound impact of the decisions on claims handling and case value.”
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