Workers' Compensation News
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Two Contractors Fined After Fatal Fall | 06/26/2019 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two construction contractors after a worker at a Miami Beach construction site fell from an elevated platform and died. ...Read More | |||
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Therapy Clinic Owner Convicted of Defrauding Federal Comp Program | 06/26/2019 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The owner of several San Antonio-based physical therapy clinics is awaiting sentencing after he was convicted on charges that he defrauded the federal workers' compensation program out of millions of dollars. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver Pleads Guilty to Fraud | 06/20/2019 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A truck driver observed working on cars while receiving workers’ compensation benefits pleaded guilty to one felony count of fraud, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
