Workers' Compensation News
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Ten Charged in Sting Operation on Contracting Without Comp | 06/20/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Florida authorities have arrested another 10 contractors who were allegedly working without a license and without workers' compensation insurance. ...Read More | |||
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Trucking VP Pleads Guilty to Fraud in Contract With USPS | 06/18/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The vice president of a Miami trucking company pleaded guilty in case involving the use of contracted workers rather than regular employees to carry out a contract with the U.S. Postal Service. ...Read More | |||
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TDI Permits Continued Use of Domestic Worker Class Code | 06/17/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Department of Insurance issued an order adopting amendments proposed by Texas Mutual Insurance Co. to permit the continued use of the classification code for domestic workers. ...Read More | |||
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Town Bans Flip-Flop Footwear to Prevent Worker Injuries | 06/17/2019 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The town of Greenwich is looking to prevent worker injuries by banning city workers from wearing flip-flop sandals. The policy, which took effect ...Read More | |||
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Two Arrested in $120 Million Fake Comp Certificate Scheme | 06/17/2019 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two Georgia men have been arrested in connection with a $120 million scheme to supply fake certificates of workers' compensation insurance, an alleged act of fraud that reached from the East Coast to California. ...Read More | |||
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Texas Mutual Awards Safety Education Grants to 11 Colleges | 06/12/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Mutual Insurance Co. is awarding $1.1 million in grants to 11 colleges across the state to fund workplace safety courses for employers, workers and the general public. ...Read More | |||
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Trolley Driver Sentenced in Staged Halloween Attack | 06/12/2019 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Halloween trick on Boston's self-insured transit authority has turned into a three-year prison sentence for a trolley driver who staged an attack so that he could be treated to workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Two Must Pay Restitution After Comp Fraud Convictions | 06/11/2019 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| An Ohio worker and a business owner were convicted and sentenced on workers’ compensation fraud charges, bringing to 38 the number of convictions the Bureau of Workers' Compensation has obtained so far this year, the bureau a...Read More | |||
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Temp Employee Can Proceed With Premises Liability Suit Against City | 06/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court last week ruled that a temporary employee can proceed with a premises liability suit against the municipality that had contracted for her services. ...Read More | |||
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Trial Begins for Clinic Owner Charged With Defrauding Federal Comp Program | 06/10/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The operator of several San Antonio-based physical therapy clinics went on trial Thursday, accused of defrauding the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. ...Read More | |||
