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.

• "Amicus Brief Links Citizens, Workers' Comp Cases," by Noreen Marcus, Daily Business Review, June 9, 2015

• The Padgett Opinion The ruling of the Circuit Court judge indicating that the Florida Workers' Compensation Statute 440.11 is "unlawful, invalid, and unconstitutional".

• "Thinking Out of The Box (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love WC)Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) Workers First Watch, Fall 2006.
  
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• 440 Appellate and Circuit Report Workers' Compensation Section - News & 440 Report. Volume XXVII, No. 4 Summer 2006. 

• 440 Appellate and Circuit Report Workers' Compensation Section - News & 440 Report. Volume XXVII, No. 3 Spring 2006. 

• 440 Appellate and Circuit Report Workers' Compensation Section - News & 440 Report. Volume XXVII, No. 2 Fall/Winter 2005. 

• I Thought You Might Want to Know a Few Things About Eugene Evans Williams a/k/a "Mean Gene" Workers' Compensation Section - News & 440 Report. August 2005. 

• PCA's in the DCA's (March 2004). A Letter to the Editor of the Florida Bar Journal. Posted March 1, 2004. 

• DR. STRANGELAW: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE COVERAGE B The News and 440 Report, Winter 2003. 

• 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. 

• Injured Workers May Be Denied Right to be Treated Humanely. By Mark L. Zientz. A commentary on InServices Inc. F/K/A Managed Care USA Inc., and Mippy Heath v. Rodrigo Aguliera and Patricia Aguilera (28 Fla. L. Weekly D76), December 26, 2002.

• "The Nine Amendments to the Constitution," By Mark L. Zientz. Workers Compensation Insurance.com, Inc.  

• "Paper reviews and Delays in Workers' Compensation." By AFTL member Mark L. Zientz. JOURNAL The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. December 2000. Number 459. 

• 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?

• On the Issue of Average Weekly Wage. By Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report, Fall 2000.

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. 

• Why Workers' Compensation Laws Are Unconstitutional. By Mark L. Zientz.                   Prepared for the Constitution Revision Commission. The News and 440 Report. Fall 1998.

• Guns, Smokes and Workers' Compensation. By Mark L. Zientz. Workers' Compensation Monthly. July 1999.

• Deadbeat City: A Letter to the Editor. Submitted by Mark L. Zientz. The Miami Herald. March 17, 1999.

•  The "Unrelated Works" Exception. Submitted for publication by Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report.

• A Nation At War. Submitted for publication by Mark L. Zientz. The News and 440 Report.