Workers' Compensation News
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Fallin Appoints Attorney to Fill out Murdered Labor Commissioner's Term | 11/11/2015 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Gov. Mary Fallin Oklahoma G...Read More | |||
| Funeral Director Hurt Working in Garbage Disposal Admits Fraud | 11/10/2015 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An upstate New York funeral director has pleaded guilty to workers' compensation fraud and agreed to pay back $15,000 to the state. David A. Ross II, 52, of Lewiston, in Niagara County, admitted guilt before Town Court. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge and will be sentenced D...Read More | |||
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Former Work Comp Judge Joins Legal Firm | 11/10/2015 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Brad Avery A former judge for the Kansas Di...Read More | |||
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Five Face Prison over False Claims for Urine Tests | 11/10/2015 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Five men, including three physicians, have been accused by a federal grand jury of collecting thousands of urine samples, failing to test them, then billi...Read More | |||
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Fall and Forklift Hazards Bring $61,500 in OSHA Penalties | 11/09/2015 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Pennsylvania construction company faces $61,600 in penalties by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration after an inspector observed forklift hazards and employees exposed to fall hazards up to 26 feet. ...Read More | |||
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Former USPS Mail Carrier Pleads Guilty to Comp Fraud | 11/06/2015 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier faces up to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of workers’ c...Read More | |||
| Former Hooker Electrochemical Workers Eligible for EEOICPA Benefits | 11/02/2015 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Former workers for the Hooker Electrochemical Corp. in Niagara Falls, New York, have been designated as a Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, making them eligible for benefits if they contract one of 22 specified cancers, the U.S. Labo...Read More | |||
| Fire Chief Pays $25K Restitution for Working 3 Jobs while on TTD | 11/02/2015 | ||
| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The chief for the Bokecreek Fire Department in Ohio paid more than $25,000 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation last week after pleading guilty to workers' compensation fraud, the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation said. ...Read More | |||
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Fatality from Rock Thrown Out of Lawnmower Prompts $70K Fine | 10/29/2015 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing $70,000 in penalties against a New York landscaping company after a worker was killed by a rock thrown out of a riding lawnmower. ...Read More | |||
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Former Chiropractor Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion | 10/28/2015 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former owner of a chiropractic practice pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Boston on Friday to filing fraudulent personal federal tax returns and trying to obstruct the IRS. ...Read More | |||
