New Jersey Court OKs Workers’ Compensation in Obesity Death Case June 30, 2011 By Josh Lederman The husband of an obese woman who died of a blood clot after working long hours at her home office...
Calif. Contractor Sentenced for Insurance Fraud June 29, 2011 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced that Monica Mui Ung, 51, owner and president of NBC General Contractor Corp. (NBC),...
Swett & Crawford Names McIntosh Workers’ Comp Broker June 29, 2011 Tony McIntosh has joined Swett & Crawford as a California senior workers’ compensation broker. A seasoned worker’s compensation production specialist,...
How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago June 28, 2011 By Glenn Adams The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent...
Hickey Named Workers’ Comp Director at Missouri Labor Department June 28, 2011 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner John J. Hickey to serve as director of the Division...
Vermont Contractor Faces Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charge June 28, 2011 Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 1 for a Vermont contractor who has pleaded guilty to operating without workers’ compensation insurance....
Calif. Cost Per Workers’ Comp Claim Rising, CWCI Says June 28, 2011 The number of California workers’ compensation insurance claims fell 13 percent between policy years 2007 and 2008 to 358,077 claims....
Calif. Returns Workers’ Comp to ‘Bad Ole Days’ June 27, 2011 By Don Barthel When the Fifth District Court of Appeal (DCA) in California refused to review the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s (WCAB) en...
Report: Pinnacol Execs’ $4.3M Package Could Change June 27, 2011 Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and the new chairman of Pinnacol Assurance are looking into changing terms of a $4.3 million...
Illinois Doctors Plead Guilty to Work Comp Fraud in Ohio June 24, 2011 A pair of Illinois brothers who traveled to Columbus, Ohio, to practice psychiatry were sentenced for workers’ compensation fraud after...