PFB and New Case filings January 2017

The figures are in for Florida workers' compensation litigation filings in January 2017.

The PFB filings were up notably in January (14%) over the same month last year. The OJCC is projecting an annualized increase in the range of 6-7%.

	2015-16	2016-17	Change 2017/2016
July	5618	5637	0%
August	5443	6514	20%
September	5411	6125	13%
October	5788	5335	-8%
November	4982	5375	8%
December	5115	5461	7%
January	5035	5720	14%
February	5481	5488	0%
March	6002
April	5494
May	6119
June	6777
Average	5605	5738	2%

The "new cases" volume for January was also significantly increased (5%). The OJCC is projecting an annual increase of about 2% for 2017.

	2015-16	2016-17	Change
July	2740	2538	-7%
August	2529	2936	16%
September	2625	2650	1%
October	2744	2406	-12%
November	2330	2509	8%
December	2354	2400	2%
January	2363	2487	5%
February	2600	2378	-9%
March	2739
April	2579
May	2638
June	2937
	2598	2538

These projections are based upon the best information available, but are subject to change depending upon the potential filings volumes of the five months remaining in this fiscal year.