Challenge to Adequacy of Comp System Filed With U.S. Supreme Court

A Miami-based attorney on Tuesday filed a request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the adequacy of the Florida comp system. Late last year, the Florida Supreme Court indicated that it was willing to weigh in on this issue when it granted review to Stahl v. Hialeah Hospital. However, the court revoked its writ in April, without giving reasons. The attorney for Daniel Stahl is now taking his arguments to the highest judicial authority in the land. In his writ petition, attorney Mark Zientz notes that it was a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 1917 that established the parameters of the ...