Florida JCCs Launch Video Hearings

Two weeks ago Friday, Daniel Sanchez ended his 23-year ordeal with the Florida workers' compensation system with the signature of a judge he's never met in a hearing room more than 660 miles away from where justice was being served.Florida Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims David Langham approved a $50,000 settlement between Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and the former Pepsi Bottling Group truck driver, while Sanchez sat in a small conference room in Miami and Langham presided from his offices in Pensacola.The lump-sum settlement ended more than two decades of hearings over the r...