JCC Report Highlights Backlogs and Reforms

Florida workers' compensation judges have gained ground in the battle against a backlog of cases that triggered sweeping legislative reforms in 2003, the Office of Judges of Compensation Claims (OJCC) said in its annual report.But South Florida judges remain swamped with old cases amid legislative and administrative initiatives that have taken a large part of the electronic system and dropped annual payouts to workers' attorneys by nearly 10% since lawmakers imposed a fee cap effective Oct. 1, 2003.The OJCC's annual report, which covers the fiscal year ended June 30, contains an ex...