Washington Regulators Fine Wireless Company After Fatal Fall August 23, 2022 Washington state regulators fined a wireless company $12,000 for safety violations after the death of a cellphone tower worker near...
Maryland Court Affirms Limits on Hiring Firm Liability for Contractor Negligence August 16, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The mother of a man killed on a Baltimore construction site who was barred by Maryland’s workers’ compensation law from...
OSHA Investigating Deaths of Amazon Workers in New Jersey August 15, 2022 By Haleluya Hadero Federal work-safety investigators are looking into the death of an Amazon worker and an injury that potentially led to the...
AM Best Upgrades Ratings of Synergy Comp Insurance August 10, 2022 AM Best has upgraded the ratings of workers’ compensation insurer Synergy Comp Insurance Co. based in Sharon Pennsylvania. The rating...
New York Court Nixes Injury Claim by Worker Who Fell Off Bucket August 10, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson A laborer who fell and was injured after he stood on an inverted bucket to reach a cable has nobody...
Pennsylvania Releases List of Workers’ Compensation Scofflaws August 10, 2022 Pennsylvania officials have identified three dozen employers that are currently not carrying workers’ compensation insurance as required by state law....
Surveillance, Posts Lead to Arrest of California Mechanic for Workers’ Comp Fraud August 5, 2022 Richard James McGee, 47, of San Bernardino, California, was arraigned today on two felony counts of workers’ compensation insurance fraud...
Workers’ Compensation Pays for Home Modifications. What About a New Home? August 4, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation law authorizes modifications to a home to accommodate an injured employee’s needs. It also may require paying...
Washington Auto Repair Owner Caught 2nd Time in Workers’ Comp Scam July 29, 2022 A Kennewick, Washington, business owner pleaded guilty to a felony for failing to provide workers’ compensation insurance for his employees...
New York Offers Plan for Businesses With Unpaid Workers’ Comp Premiums July 6, 2022 Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to help employers with unpaid workers’ compensation premiums regain access to coverage through the...