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 […]
A woman was injured during an unpaid orientation before starting her job. Could she receive workers’ comp benefits? Mary Meyers was hired to be a telemarketer for Jadent Inc. in Oregon. Meyers was told to come to Jadent’s office for a brief unpaid orientation which involved filling out paperwork followed by paid training. She was […]
A firefighter received compensation for the medical costs of his occupational hearing loss. Why didn’t he get additional permanent partial disability (PPD) benefits? Glenn Hankel worked as a firefighter for the Jefferson Parish Fire Department in Louisiana for 31 years until his retirement. Hankel claims exposure to loud noise as a firefighter led to a […]
A California restaurant owner pleaded guilty Oct. 8 to multiple felony charges related to a workers’ comp insurance scheme involving failure to report $4.5 million in wages to insurance carriers. The owner has to repay more than $2 million in restitution and may be sentenced to 16 months in prison in accordance with the terms of […]
A California agriculture company owner and his daughter were arraigned Sept. 14 on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud for an alleged $2.5 million workers’ comp scheme. Felipe Saurez Barocio, owner of Agriculture Services Inc., and his daughter, Angelita Barocio-Negrete, allegedly underreported employee payroll by $11 million to reduce the company’s premium for workers’ comp […]
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An independent truck driver couldn’t convince an appeals court his injury from lighting a firework in a warehouse was work-related despite it occurring on customer property while he was picking up a load. The driver claimed setting off fireworks was a way for him to build a relationship with his clients, so his injuries were […]
