Legal Question in Workers Comp in Florida

Re: Worker's Compensation - Florida

A mediation conference is a time when you, your lawyer (if you have one), the insurance adjuster and their attorney sit down and discuss the file informally with a mediator hired by the state to help work out issues. A merits hearing and a final hearing are both the same thing, that being, a trial on your case. Interestingly enough, a trial in workers' compensation court only allows a judge to resolve disputes that are pending, it does not finalize a workers' compensation case for a settlement or lump sum. Some cases can have multiple Final Hearings as further issues are litigated. You cannot get a trial in workers' compensation without going through mediation first.

Re: Worker's Compensation - Florida

A mediation conference is a time when you, your lawyer (if you have one), the insurance adjuster and their attorney sit down and discuss the file informally with a mediator hired by the state to help work out issues. A merits hearing and a final hearing are both the same thing, that being, a trial on your case. Interestingly enough, a trial in workers' compensation court only allows a judge to resolve disputes that are pending, it does not finalize a workers' compensation case for a settlement or lump sum. Some cases can have multiple Final Hearings as further issues are litigated. You cannot get a trial in workers' compensation without going through mediation first.