The Rise and “Phal” of the Workers’ Compensation System- by: Diana I. Castrillon, Esq.
In February of 2013 a three-judge panel at the First District Court of Appeals in the case of Westphal v. City of St. Petersberg ruled that a portion of the Florida Workers Compensation statute was unconstitutional. Specifically, the Court held:
“… that section 440.15(2)(a), Florida Statutes, is unconstitutional as applied,