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PUBLISHED ARTICLES
  • After Four-Decade Fight, Miami Lawyer Turns Fla. Work Comp on its Head by Emily Brill. This is the fifth in a five-part series published November 14, 2016 in the Word on Workers' Compensation report, presented Nov. 5 at the fifth annual WorkComp Central Gala and Comp Laude Awards in Burbank.
  • The Padgett Opinion The ruling of the Circuit Court judge indicating that the Florida Workers' Compensation Statute 440.11 is "unlawful, invalid, and unconstitutional".
  • COMPARISON OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, SUBSTANTIVE AND PROCEDURAL, TO COMMON LAW TORT ACTIONS IN FLORIDA. Posted October 1, 2003

  • Judge Set High Standard.  An Op-Ed commentary on the life of Judge Wilkie Ferguson.  The Miami Herald, June 21, 2003. 

 

  • On the Issue of The Obligation to Re-hire an Injured Worker

    This Memorandum of Law raises the issue: Does the Workers' Compensation Act (Chapter 440) provide any remedy for an injured worker when the employer -- one with 50 or more employees -- fails to fulfill its obligation to make work available to an injured worker who has reached Maximum Medical Improvement (MMI) with restrictions and limitations?

This Memorandum of Law raises issues involving the constitutionality of Florida Statute 440.02 (24) (1993) and argues that the average weekly wage of an injured worker should include the fair market value of all fringe benefits provided. 

  • Mental-Mental. By Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report. Winter 1999-2000.     The News and 440 Report is the official newsletter of the Workers compensation section   of the Florida Bar. Mental-Mental is also published at www.workerscompensation.com.
  • QUID PRO QUO?  Is Workers' Compensation Law in Florida fair? By Mark L. Zientz.
  • A Fairy Tale. By Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report. Fall 1999. 
  • A Nation At War. Submitted for publication by Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report.

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