Workers' Compensation News
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Veteran Yarn Mill Worker Gets Benefits for 'Trigger Finger' Injury | 05/10/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a former yarn mill worker was entitled to benefits for a repetitive trauma injury affecting his fingers. ...Read More | |||
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Video Footage of Worker's Motorcycle Ride Belied His Claim of Disability, Court Says | 04/25/2016 | |
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| Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the imposition of penalties and the forfeiture of future benefits on a worker who claimed to be incapable of any physical activity after video surveillance captured him out and about town and riding a motorcycle. ...Read More | |||
| Volunteer Firefighter Arrested For Allegedly Working While on Benefits | 04/15/2016 | ||
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| State officials arrested a Connecticut volunteer firefighter on Thursday for allegedly doing construction work while collecting workers' compensation benefits. The Office of the Chief State's Attorney charged Anthony P. Skut, 57, of Coventry, with one count of fraudulent receipt o...Read More | |||
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Veterans Affairs-run Hospital Tagged With Numerous Safety Violations | 03/25/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| As part of its crackdown on unsafe workplaces operated by the federal government, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a veterans hospital in Arkansas for numerous willful and repeat violations. ...Read More | |||
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Volunteer Firefighter's Workers' Comp Fraud Case Dismissed | 02/22/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A court has discharged a criminal case against a Wendelville man accused of workers’ comp fraud because he’d been going out on fire calls and serving coffee to firefighters while collecting disability benefits for an injury he sustained working as a truck driver, ...Read More | |||
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Vassigh Named Vice President of Rossi Law Group | 02/16/2016 | |
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| By: Risk Media Solutions | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| Workers’ compensation defense lawyer Ali Vassigh has been named vice president of Rossi Law Group in Simi Valley. ...Read More | |||
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Volunteer Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor | 12/21/2015 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, admitting he had falsely stated on a workers' compensation form that he ...Read More | |||
| Vounteer Nonprofit Officers Exempt from Mandatory WC Coverage | 12/18/2015 | ||
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| One provision of a regulatory reform bill signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory on Oct. 22 exempts volunteer officers of nonprofit corporations from mandatory workers' compensation coverage, the North Carolina Rate Bureau said in a ...Read More | |||
| VA Medical Center Cited for Serious Safety Violations | 12/14/2015 | ||
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| Violations Bring $103,600 in OSHA Fines | 11/04/2015 | ||
| State: WI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Wisconsin food product manufacturer that allegedly did not protect workers from machinery that could start up during service and maintenance faces $103,600 in fines from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. OSHA on Oct. 30 issued citations for one willful, 12 serious ...Read More | |||
