Workers' Compensation News
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Owners of Medical Transport Company Charged With Premium Fraud | 09/29/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office announced that the owners of a non-emergency medical transportation company were charged with providing false payroll information to reduce their workers’ compensation insurance costs. ...Read More | |||
| Owner of Masonry Company Charged with Premium Fraud | 09/12/2022 | ||
| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office announced the owner of a masonry company was charged with failing to report employees in an effort to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by more than $30,000. ...Read More | |||
| OSHA Cites Labor Contractor After Farmworker Dies From Heat Illness | 08/29/2022 | ||
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| A federal workplace safety investigation revealed that a 35-year-old farmworker died from heat illness on a Duette, Florida, farm in April 2022, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
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Orange County DA: Randy Rosen Gets Longest Prison Sentence for Provider Convicted of Comp Fraud | 08/18/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Dr. Randy Rosen was sentenced to 10 years in state prison in what the Orange County District Attorney’s Office called “the largest prison sentence for a provider in California workers’ compensation insurance fraud.” ...Read More | |||
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OSHA: Continuing Violations Expose Company to $248,000 Fine | 08/09/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said a Jacksonville, Florida, wood crate and pallet manufacturer that’s been cited three times in the last decade for safety violations is facing a $248,000 fine for continuing to expose workers to amputation hazards. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Issues Fall Protection Citations to Two Roofing Companies | 08/05/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to two companies for again failing to provide fall protection to workers on residential roofs, one of which is the result of a fatality. ...Read More | |||
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Observers Say States Moving Away From National Commission Recommendations | 07/12/2022 | |
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| Industry observers who gathered in Washington, D.C., Monday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Commission on State Workers’ Compensation report said states have been moving further away from the panel’s recommendations over the last 30 years. ...Read More | |||
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OSHA Extends COVID Emphasized Enforcement | 07/05/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is extending its revised National Emphasis Program for COVID-19, set to expire Thursday, until further notice and doubling its inspections goal, the Department of Labor announced. ...Read More | |||
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Owner of Apartment Building Fails to Prove Status as Employer's Alter Ego | 07/01/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the owner of an apartment building was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s tort claim, since it failed to prove it was an alter ego of the employer. ...Read More | |||
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Out-of-State, Nonparty Employer Can Be Compelled to Respond to Subpoenas | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an out-of-state, nonparty employer was subject to subpoenas related to an employee’s alleged in-state accident, and it ordered further proceedings to determine the scope of discovery that could be obtained from the employer. ...Read More | |||
