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	Ventura County Worker Sentenced to 109 Days for Fraud		07/28/2016
	State: CA | Segment: WEST | 725 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 7 min read
	A Southern California woman videotaped lugging car wheels around a parking lot after telling doctors a work injury prevented her from lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk was sentenced to 109 days in jail, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office ...Read More

	Violations at Grain Storage Facility Bring $61,600 in Fines		07/27/2016
	State: NE | Segment: NORTH | 368 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 27 min read
	An inspection conducted as part of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's local emphasis program for grain handling hazards led to $61,600 in fines against a Nebraska farmers cooperative. ...Read More

	Vendor Gets $700,000 Even Though Workers' Comp Contract Was Canceled		07/11/2016
	State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 493 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 9 min read
	A poorly negotiated contract between a Houston vendor and the Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission could cost taxpayers $700,000. Met...Read More

	Vocational Rehab Provider Pleads Guilty to Fraud		07/05/2016
	State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 515 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	A woman who exaggerated workers’ compensation claims and filed phony expenses must pay the state Bureau of Workers’ Compensation nearly $56,000, the agency says. ...Read More

	Vericlaim Names William Breslin President of Managed Repair Networks		06/28/2016
	State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 361 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Vericlaim, a subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., has promoted William Breslin to president of managed repair networks. Breslin will now head First Choice Repair and Diamond Property Loss Solutions, Vericlaim announced last week. He will oversee managed repair teams bas...Read More

	Vullo Confirmed as State Superintendent of Financial Services		06/17/2016
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 1993 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 12 min read
	The New York Senate confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nomination of Maria Vullo as the new superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services last week, the department announced in a press release....Read More

	Voc-Rehab Provision of AWCA Faces Constitutional Challenge		06/14/2016
	By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
	State: OK | Segment: Top | 678 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 13 min read
	Oklahoma City attorney Bob Burke on last week launched an attack on yet another provision of the state's Administrative Workers' Compensation Act. ...Read More

	Veteran Yarn Mill Worker Gets Benefits for 'Trigger Finger' Injury		05/10/2016
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 430 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 1 min read
	The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled that a former yarn mill worker was entitled to benefits for a repetitive trauma injury affecting his fingers. ...Read More

	Video Footage of Worker's Motorcycle Ride Belied His Claim of Disability, Court Says		04/25/2016
	Source: WorkCompCentral
	State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 400 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 6 min read
	A New York appellate court upheld the imposition of penalties and the forfeiture of future benefits on a worker who claimed to be incapable of any physical activity after video surveillance captured him out and about town and riding a motorcycle. ...Read More

	Volunteer Firefighter Arrested For Allegedly Working While on Benefits		04/15/2016
	State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 1125 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	State officials arrested a Connecticut volunteer firefighter on Thursday for allegedly doing construction work while collecting workers' compensation benefits. The Office of the Chief State's Attorney charged Anthony P. Skut, 57, of Coventry, with one count of fraudulent receipt o...Read More