| This chapter may be cited as the "Workers' Compensation Law."
History.--s. 1, ch. 17481, 1935; CGL 1936 Supp. 5966(1); s. 23, ch. 78-300; ss. 1, 124, ch. 79-40; s. 21, ch. 79-312; s. 43, ch. 89-289; s. 56, ch. 90-201; s. 52, ch. 91-1.
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Relevant Case Law
Note: Newspaper delivery person is an independent contractor for work comp puposes.
Note: In determining whether an old injury is the "major contributing cause" of new symptoms, it is purjury not to dislose old accidents or injuries because those are material facts.
Note: Bus driver and bus mechanic ruled to be part of the same work team.
Note: The American Rule on attorney's fees and costs is that each party pays its own expenses absent a statute or contractual provision authorizing such an award.
Note: The essential reason for a spoliation claim is its deterrent effect on miscreant defendants. This purpose is served only when an actual duty owed by a defendant to a plaintiff has been willfully or recklessly disregarded. To allow a pursuit of an action for spoliation of evidence would be little more than authorizing the pursuit of triple recovery.
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