Construction Firm Owner Charged With Workers’ Compensation Fraud June 26, 2026 A Massachusetts construction firm owner fraudulently misclassified subcontractors as siding workers or painters when they were performing riskier roofing work...
Massachusetts Concrete Firm Sentenced and Fined for Worker’s Death June 25, 2026 A Massachusetts concrete company has been sentenced and fined in federal court in Boston for willfully violating federal Occupational Safety...
UPS Mechanic in California Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud June 24, 2026 A former UPS mechanic plead guilty to workers’ compensation fraud following video evidence showing he was never injured in a...
Second Firefighter Dies From Injuries at Maine Lumber Mill Explosion June 17, 2026 By Patrick Whittle A second firefighter has died from injuries suffered while fighting a fire and explosion at a Maine lumber mill last...
Worker’s Refusal of Light Duty Does Not Have to Relate to Injury, Georgia Court Says June 15, 2026 By William Rabb An injured employee in Georgia does not need to show that his reason for refusing light-duty work is injury-related, the...
Workers’ Compensation Costs Running High in Pennsylvania: WCRI June 9, 2026 Total workers’ compensation costs per claim in Pennsylvania are high relative to other states included in a recent study from...
ANV Group Adds Another Workers’ Compensation Agency to Its Roster June 9, 2026 A London-based global intermediary launched last December by AmTrust Financial and Blackstone Credit & Insurance has acquired its second workers’...
Okla. Workers’ Compensation Commission Warns of Scam Targeting Injured Workers June 3, 2026 The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission is alerting residents of a scam targeting injured workers. Scammers have contacted injured workers by...
Shipper Escapes $41.9M Award for Man Paralyzed When Lights Fell From Pallet on Him June 2, 2026 By Andrew G. Simpson A worker who suffered serious injuries in 2017 after a 1,300-pound load of lighting fixtures fell onto him has lost...
Rikers Correction Officer Lied to Obtain Workers’ Compensation Benefits June 2, 2026 A corrections officer at New York City’s Rikers Island prison has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $200,000 in workers’...