Court Partially Vacates Worker's Fraud Conviction

The Oregon Court of Appeals vacated part of a criminal defendant’s conviction for workers’ compensation fraud saying the trial judge gave bad instructions to the jury and accepted a nonunanimous decision. Joseph Jacob II received workers' compensation benefits, including medical care, after allegedly suffering a work injury. SAIF Corp. paid the benefits to Jacob until it determined he had not actually suffered a work injury. State prosecutors charged Jacob with first-degree theft of money and theft of services for obtaining medical care by the "use of deception." ...