Lawsuits filed in the wake of a chemical release incident that killed one contract worker and injured two others can proceed, according to a U.S. appeals court. The 4th U.S. District Court of Appeals reversed an earlier ruling that barred lawsuits filed by the injured workers and the family of the deceased worker, according to […]
A construction contractor in Washington is facing felony theft charges in a $55,000 workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Terry Dawson, owner of Best 1 Solutions, is accused of remodeling homes while claiming he was too injured to work. Dawson pleaded not guilty to first-degree theft in early November 2022. His trial is scheduled for Jan. 13. […]
A Texas construction company will pay $300,000 for workers’ compensation fraud after it was found guilty of committing a first-degree felony for its scheme to defraud the Texas Mutual Insurance Company. Sehgal & Sons Enterprises (Ultra Business Services Inc.) was found guilty of concealing its payroll from August 2011 through December 2014 by having two […]
A Florida construction company owner was sentenced to 48 months in federal prison for a $1 million workers’ compensation, tax and wire-fraud scheme. Ricky Gonzales, the owner and manager of the construction company, was also ordered on Nov. 10 to forfeit $500,731, the proceeds of the wire-fraud conspiracy. Gonzales pleaded guilty to the charges on […]
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order against Packers Sanitation Services for employing teen workers to clean hazardous equipment. This stems from a Wage and Hour Division investigation that found the company employed at least 31 children – from ages 13 to 17 – in hazardous occupations. […]
A New York appeals court upheld the denial of summary judgment on the Labor Law claim of a worker who fell from a scaffold. The worker was in the process of constructing the scaffold near the top of a five-story building when the incident occurred. Tied off at first, then unhooked his harness Luis Guaman […]
A New York Labor Law claim alleging an unsafe workplace at an Amazon facility during the COVID-19 pandemic can proceed, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. A group of employees filed the lawsuit, which a lower court dismissed, accusing the retail giant of ignoring federal and state COVID-19 guidance at […]
A Philadelphia contractor was sentenced Nov. 1 to three months in prison, one year of supervised release and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after being convicted of attempting to bribe an OSHA inspector. Tony Ren, a contractor who was running a construction site on Philadelphia’s Arch Street project, was convicted Dec. 21, 2021, for […]
A Pennsylvania poultry processing plant is being held in contempt by a federal appeals court for refusing to pay more than $162,000 in OSHA fines. Birdsboro Kosher Farms Corp. is being held in contempt of court by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for failing to pay $162,359 for numerous […]
