A carpenter suffered severe injuries when he was struck by a falling object. At the time, he was an undocumented worker. Does that affect his ability to collect workers’ comp benefits? Manuel Ibanez worked for High Point Construction in Nevada. In 2014, he suffered severe injuries after a falling two-by-four struck him in the head, […]
The owners of a Minnesota drywall company were sentenced Nov. 23 for a $300,000 workers’ compensation insurance fraud scheme. LeRoy and Joyce Mehr, owners of Merit Drywall, were sentenced to 180 days of electronic home monitoring and have to complete 30 days of community service. Both were also fined $30,000 and must repay their insurance […]
An injured worker refused a light duty job offer because it interfered with caring for her disabled granddaughter. Did the worker receive workers’ comp benefits? Bridget Moss suffered a knee sprain at work. Two weeks later, Moss was released to return to work with restrictions. Ryan Alternative Staffing offered Moss a light duty job within […]
An employee sought workers’ comp benefits, claiming his MRSA infection was due to cuts and scrapes he suffered on the job. How did a court rule? Kenneth Streit says he sustained cuts and scrapes while doing construction work, which resulted in a MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureas) infection in 2012. His employer, Streit Construction Inc., and […]
Due to a paycheck dispute, an employee was pushed off a roof and injured by a co-worker. Does workers’ comp cover the employee’s injuries? Martin Duran Perez worked as a carpenter for Focus Framing in Nevada. On the day he was injured, Perez was upset because he believed the paycheck he received was short for […]
The owner of several janitorial companies was arraigned on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for allegedly underreporting employee wages to reduce workers’ compensation insurance premiums by more than $2.5 million. Almirante Perez, owner of four California-based janitorial services companies – Capital Janitorial Services, Cal Best Service Group Inc., Southern Pacific Janitorial Group and United […]
Can an employee injured while working at home collect workers’ comp benefits? The answer is yes, but only if they were engaged in “reasonable and sufficiently work-related” activities under the circumstances, according to a New York appeals court. The court overturned a Workers’ Compensation Board decision denying benefits for an injured work-at-home employee because the […]
A contract truck driver allegedly assaulted and injured while making a delivery to a warehouse can’t proceed with a negligence suit against the company because it could be considered his employer. Because the driver‘s routine, frequent and regular contractual duties were within the usual business of the warehouse that contracted his employer’s services, the warehouse is […]
The owners of a California trucking company were charged in an alleged $450,000 workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Payroll was underreported by more than $1.4 million, resulting in a $234,000 loss to the State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF) and a $220,000 loss to the state’s Employment Development Department (EDD). Hardip Singh and Amandeep Kaur, owners of […]
