Forfeiture of Benefits for Prior Shoulder Injury Doesn't Bar Award for Later Shoulder Claim

A Florida appellate court ruled that a worker’s forfeiture of benefits for a prior shoulder injury did not bar her from receiving an award after she reinjured her shoulder at work. Annita C. Williams Jackson worked for the Pinellas County Transit Authority. She injured her shoulder at work in 2021 and then reinjured her shoulder while at work in 2022. Jackson filed a workers’ compensation claim. The Transit Authority’s insurance carrier denied it. The carrier asserted that Jackson’s 2021 injury was the major contributing cause of her need for benefits after the ...