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Workers' compensation changes focus of conference

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:05:43 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Changes to the state's workers' compensation system will be the focus of the Tennessee Workers' Compensation Educational Conference this week.

Workers, firefighter injured in SF hospital fire

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:13:36 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO - Seven construction workers and a firefighter sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at on the seventh floor of a San Francisco General Hospital building under construction.

Tenn. GOP supermajority struggles to find footing

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:41:31 -0400

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam began the year by dismissing what he called misguided predictions that the new Republican supermajority in state government would devolve into infighting.

Execs named by insurance company

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 15:13:26 -0400

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - Sandra Mayfield and Charles Simon have been appointed assistant vice presidents of Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corp.

Database provides information on attorneys' work

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:29:17 -0400

BALTIMORE - Injury lawyers in Maryland now have what may be the legal profession's equivalent of a rap sheet.

NC woman's spin on 'Price is Right' leads to plea

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 17:17:16 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - A U.S. Postal Service employee from eastern North Carolina who was seen spinning the Big Wheel on TV's "The Price is Right" even though she had said she could not deliver the mail has pleaded guilty to workers compensation fraud.

Fayetteville woman pleads guilty to fraud

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:17:39 -0400

FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - A U.S. Post Office employee from Fayetteville has pleaded guilty to workers compensation fraud after she was seen spinning the Big Wheel on the television show "The Price is Right" even though she had said she could not deliver the mail.

Former OH state employee accused in tax scheme

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:47:29 -0400

CLEVELAND - A federal indictment charges a former Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation employee and another person with claiming more than $8 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

Havre man pleads guilty in work comp fraud case

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:20:40 -0400

GREAT FALLS, Montana - A 76-year-old Havre man has pleaded guilty to mail fraud in a case for failing to report that he owned a profitable business while receiving more than $277,000 in federal worker's compensation benefits from 2001 to 2012.

Bus driver who chased passenger gets worker's comp

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:42:04 -0400

MADISON, Wisconsin - A Wisconsin appeals court says a Milwaukee bus driver who chased down a passenger who used a racial slur and spat on him is entitled to worker's compensation.

New position to target workers' comp fraud in RI

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:11:42 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - Officials in Rhode Island are creating a new position to prosecute fraud in the state's unemployment and workers' compensation program.

Veto of Maine workplace bullying bill upheld

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:38:13 -0400

AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a bill aimed at bullying in the workplace will stand.

Chief, bookkeeper of insurance group admit theft

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:36:45 -0400

LANSING, Michigan - Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette says the chief executive and bookkeeper of a nonprofit agency that coordinates workers compensation insurance have pleaded guilty to roles in a scheme to embezzle $2.6 million over 11 years.

Family of Neb. man killed in workplace can't sue

Fri, 31 May 2013 14:22:11 -0400

OMAHA, Nebraska - The family of an 18-year-old man who died because of the willful negligence of a western Nebraska grain elevator company can't sue the company, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday.

Panel approves $1 billion rebate to Ohio employers

Thu, 30 May 2013 13:45:44 -0400

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Directors of Ohio's insurance fund for injured workers on Thursday unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich's proposal to send rebate checks ranging from $5 to more than $3 million to businesses, local governments and schools.

Bus company settle disability notice requirement

Wed, 29 May 2013 14:48:14 -0400

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey - The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with a New Jersey bus company that it claimed unfairly excluded passengers with disabilities.

Nightclub owners dispute workers' comp finding

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:23:34 -0400

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island - The owners of the Station nightclub say they didn't know they needed to buy workers' compensation insurance for the club's part-time employees.

Ex-state worker charged with workers' comp fraud

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:20:55 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A former Alaska state employee and his supposed masseuse are accused of worker's compensation fraud.