Comp Lawyers Clash over Baseball Bat Web Posting

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefA South Florida claimants' attorney is seeking damages against a defense firm for posting a picture on its website depicting a partner of the firm holding a baseball bat and declaring "a claimant is a fraud until proven injured."Robert Winess filed suit in Circuit Court in Broward County, Fla., April 19 against Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Co. and its law firm, McFarlane and Dolan Law Center, alleging the law firm's website violates a section of Chapter 440 of the Florida Statutes prohibiting the intimidation of injured workers by employers.Af...