Article: The social security disability offset: a comprehensive review of statutory and case law guiding reduction in Florida workers' compensation benefits.(Florida)

Workers' compensation cases often overlap with social security disability (SSD) cases. It is not uncommon to find an older worker, with a limited education and unskilled work experience, who has suffered a severe work injury which prevents him or her from returning to a past relevant work or other substantial gainful employment, who may be receiving state workers' compensation benefits and federal SSD benefits at the same time. In situations where both workers' compensation benefits and SSD benefits are involved, the practitioner handling either one or both matters needs a working understanding of how each of these systems affect the other. This requires a functional ...

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