Education of a Judge: Rosen Reflects on 47 Years in Workers' Comp

A workers' compensation judge whose decisions have had a significant impact on Florida case law retired last week after 12 years on the bench. On his next-to-last day in office, St. Petersburg-based Judge Stephen Rosen sat down with WorkCompCentral and talked about what led to some major workers' comp appeals court rulings in recent years — and his own evolution as a jurist. Rosen, who spent 35 years as a claimants' lawyer before donning the robes, also had some words of urgency for the state Legislature and for claimants' attorneys: The Florida comp system function...