Please join HPS Partner and Workers’ Compensation Practice Leader Michael Riedhammer, B.C.S., for this intermediate level webinar that will be of particular interest to Workers’ Compensation Adjusters.

WATCH A RECORDING OF THIS WEBINAR HERE.

Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Time: 12 p.m. – 1 p.m. ET

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To review recent developments in order for an accident to be a compensable workers’ compensation claim under the “arising out of” requirement.

To assist adjusters in what factors to look at when making compensability determinations.  

THE WEBINAR WILL COVER:

• Introduction
  • Statutory requirements
  • Section 440.09(1)
  • Section 440.02(36)
• Historical Handling of Compensability Slips and Trips
• Sedgwick CMS v. Valcourt-Williams
  • Injury must “arise out of employment”
  • Must be “occupational causation” of injury
• Case Studies
  • How is the JCC handling the issues?
• Things to look for:
  • Claimant engagement factors?
  • Risks present?
  • Potential tort liability for employer?

AND MORE!

This course has been approved by the FL Department of Financial Services for insurance continuing education credit. Provider ID: 372676. Course ID: 118563.

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT HAS CLOSED.