Accountant Charged With $10 Million in Construction Workers’ Compensation Fraud May 9, 2023 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. announced two indictments of a certified public accountant for defrauding the New York State...
Maryland Firefighter’s Widow Wins Death Benefits Opposed by County Employer May 9, 2023 A Maryland widow is entitled to her late husband’s workers’ compensation death benefits because she was dependent upon her husband...
Mechanic Charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide in Fatal NYC Elevator Plunge May 5, 2023 By Karen Matthews An elevator mechanic’s failure to execute basic safety procedures caused an elevator at a New York City building to plunge...
‘Insufficient Support’ Blamed for Collapse of Georgia Courthouse Under Renovation May 4, 2023 Construction crews had placed “insufficient support” beneath part of an upper floor that collapsed during renovations on the 124-year-old federal...
One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant May 4, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson One worker is missing and the building is severely damaged after an early morning explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant...
California Family Members Arraigned in $2.1M Insurance Fraud Schemes May 4, 2023 Four Merced, California, family members were arraigned this week for multiple counts of insurance fraud after a California Department of...
Manhattan DA Brings Charges in Alleged Affordable Housing Construction Fraud May 3, 2023 Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced indictments charging eight individuals and six companies with fraud and corruption within...
Virginia Workers’ Compensation Review Panel Clarifies COVID-19 Presumption May 2, 2023 Virginia’s statutory presumption that a COVID-19 disability of a first responder is work-related, which went into effect July 1, 2020,...
Massachusetts Hospital Lacked Workplace Violence Protections, OSHA Judge Finds April 28, 2023 A federal administrative law judge has determined that the manager of Fuller Hospital in Attleboro, Massachusetts exposed employees to workplace...
Virginia School: Workers’ Comp Bars $40M Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year Old April 27, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson The Newport News public school board says the $40 million lawsuit filed against it by the teacher who was shot...