Anderson: Stereotypes Won't Help Florida's Workers or Produce Real Reform

As the chair-elect of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar, I believe it is important to correct misconceptions and misstatements made by the head of the Florida Chamber of Commerce regarding Florida’s workers’ compensation system and the attorneys who represent injured Floridians. In a recent column, Mark Wilson and the chamber suggest the workers’ compensation rate increase approved by Florida’s new insurance commissioner benefits only “billboard trial lawyers.” Nothing could be further from the truth. The commissione...