Workers' Compensation News
| Youth Correctional Counselor Faces Six Felony Fraud Charges | 03/13/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Fraud | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A youth correctional counselor faces six felony charges of workers' compensation insurance fraud based on accusations that he passed tests to obtain general contractor and real estate licenses while claiming that an assault by an inmate had left him so mentally disabled that he could not follow the ...Read More | |||
| Young Men More Likely to Miss Work With Neck Pain | 02/27/2008 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Medicine | 0 | |||
| Male workers between the ages of 20 and 39 are most likely to miss work because of neck pain, according to a study of Ontario claimants.The study analyzed the prevalence of neck pain in a population consisting of Ontario claimants who missed work in 1998.“The annual inc...Read More | |||
| Yonkers Officer Failed to Identify Reasonable Hazard, Loses Claim | 01/18/2008 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: Courts | 0 | |||
| A former Yonkers police officer failed to anticipate a reasonable hazard when he injured his knee while chasing an armed robbery suspect, an appellate court ruled.The Appellate Division of the Third Judicial Department of the State Supreme Court ruled...Read More | |||
| Yvette Montano-Anda Named L.A. Claims Manager for State Fund | 12/26/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Business | 0 | |||
| Yvette Montano-Anda has been promoted to claims manager for State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Los Angeles Claims Services. Montano-Anda joined the organization’s Los Angeles District Office as a claims technician in 1987. She climbed th...Read More | |||
| Yard Work and Coaching Lead to Claimant's Arrest | 10/17/2007 | ||
| State: CT | Segment: Fraud | 0 | |||
| A Connecticut man who worked as a poker dealer at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with workers' compensation fraud and larceny in the first degree, the state Division of Criminal Justice announced. Walter L. Ford, 38, of Plainfield, Conn., collected more th...Read More | |||
| Yankee Stadium Builders Approve Safety Partnership | 07/23/2007 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: Safety | 0 | |||
| The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and contractor, labor and state regulatory representatives approved a safety partnership for construction of the new Yankee Stadium in New York. "We want the successor to 'The House that Ruth Built' to be 'The House that Safety Built,'" OS...Read More | |||
| Yearly Wages Won't Include Debt Repayment Work | 05/31/2007 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: Courts | 0 | |||
| Work to repay a debt does not constitute special circumstances or grounds to re-evaluate the claimant's average weekly wage, an Ohio court of appeals ruled. In Yester v. Industrial Commission of Ohio and Dollar Tree Stores, 06AP-866, 05/24/2007, the Court of Appeals in the Ohio 10...Read More | |||
| Youth Safety Program Features iTunes as Prizes | 05/14/2007 | ||
| State: MT | Segment: Safety | 0 | |||
| Montana State Fund announced a new contest to promote its Young Workers' Safety Awareness campaign to educate young workers and their employers on how to prevent workplace accidents. Last year's contest offered iPods to winners. This year's program gives workers and their employers an opp...Read More | |||
| York Certified for Claims Adjusting CEUs in Four States | 02/14/2007 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: Business | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| York Claims Service announced Tuesday that it has been approved as a claims adjusting educator in Florida, New Jersey, California, and Texas. The Florida Department of Financial Services Education Section also approved one of York's Continuing Education Unit (CEU) courses for accreditati...Read More | |||
| Year-End Activity Brings Seven Network Approvals | 01/05/2007 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A flurry of year-end action on workers' compensation health care networks by the Texas Department of Insurance added seven networks to those approved in the state, bringing the total of certificates issued by the department to 27. The department began accepting applications for networks i...Read More | |||
