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Queens Trucking Company Owner Accused of Dodging Past Premium
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06/18/2010
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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The owner of a Queens, N.Y., trucking company and an associate are facing criminal charges that the owner obtained coverage through the associate's name to avoid paying past workers' compensation premiums to the New York State Insurance Fund.NYSIF said Thursday detectives from th...Read More
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Queensbury Agent Charged with Stealing Premiums
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03/18/2010
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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A Queensbury, N.Y. insurance agent has been charged with stealing money he collected from a couple to secure life insurance, disability insurance and annuity life insurance policies, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced Tuesday.Cuomo said Marvullo convinced the couple he could s...Read More
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Queens Chiropractor Accused of Billing Insurer for Phony Injuries
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12/17/2009
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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A chiropractor with a practice in Queens, N.Y., has been charged with insurance fraud based on allegations he convinced an individual he thought was a patient to fake injuries in order to bill an insurance company for more than $26,000, The North Country Gazette reported Tuesday.The news...Read More
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Queens Drywaller Charged with Comp Fraud
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12/01/2009
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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The owner of a Queens, N.Y., drywall construction company has been charged with falsifying business records to lower premiums owed to the New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF), the state-run insurer said last week.NYSIF said Francisco Bites, 49, of Elmhurst, N.Y., was charged with grand ...Read More
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Queens Contractor Accused of Switching Location of Injury
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11/20/2009
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0
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A Queens, N.Y.-based contractor has been charged with underpaying workers on school projects and switching the location of a workers' injury to avoid attention on its payment practices, the New York State Insurance Fund said Thursday.NYSIF Chief Deputy Executive Director Francine Jam...Read More
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Question Remains About Whether Conditions Worsened Injury
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07/16/2009
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State: OH | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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A worker's fall off of a "picker" may have been caused by a preexisting condition, but a triable question of fact still exists about whether his workplace conditions contributed to the severity of his head injury, an Ohio appellate court concluded. Case: Thomas v. Timken Co., N...Read More
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Quinn Picks for Insurance, Financial and Professional Regulation
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07/09/2009
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State: IL | Segment: CENTRAL | 0
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Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) announced that he has selected Michael McRaith as the director of the new Department of Insurance and has asked Brent Adams to serve as acting secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Under Quinn’s Executive Order No. 4, the ...Read More
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Quest Diagnostics Credits Workplace Testing for Drop in Cocaine Use
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05/15/2009
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State: NA | Segment: Safety | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Quest Diagnostics (DGX), a testing laboratory for employers and the health-care industry, reported positive urine tests for cocaine among workers and job applicants dropped by 29% in 2008, according to Dow Jones Newswires.The testing lab said a far greater share of the nation's gener...Read More
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Questions Still Exist About Indemnification Agreement
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01/09/2009
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State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0
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Questions of triable fact still exist about whether a subcontractor and a contractor formed a contract when one party orally agreed to proposed indemnification terms without actually receiving or seeing them, an appellate court determined in a decision reversing an order granting partial summary jud...Read More
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Question Exists About Agent's Special Employer Status
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09/03/2008
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State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A substantial issue of fact exists about whether a building management agent was an injured worker's special employer, a New York court ruled.The 1st Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed a lower court's summary judgment in favor of the agent in Bautista v....Read More
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