Plaintiffs May Not Back Out Because They Didn’t Account for Workers’ Comp Lien and Medicare Set-Aside An open-court stipulation of settlement in a New York trial court is an independent...
Open Court Settlement Stipulation Binds Parties in NY Civil Action Open Court Settlement Stipulation Binds Parties in NY Civil ActionCourt Says Board Mischaracterized Videotape Surveillance Evidence A New York appellate court reversed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that disqualified a claimant from receiving future wage replacement...
NY Court Reverses Board’s Decision to Disqualify Claimant From Future Benefits NY Court Reverses Board’s Decision to Disqualify Claimant From Future BenefitsAgent Scurries to Get Coverage After Workplace Accident Where, following a workplace accident causing injury to an employee, the uninsured employer called its insurance broker regarding the expected workers’ compensation...
Florida Court: No Coverage Where Policy Procured After Worker’s Injury Took Place Florida Court: No Coverage Where Policy Procured After Worker’s Injury Took PlaceWhere owners of a roofing business rushed to an insurance agent and procured a workers’ compensation insurance policy just after an employee was taken to a hospital for treatment of...
SC Workers’ Comp Insurance Policy Procured After Injury is Void SC Workers’ Comp Insurance Policy Procured After Injury is VoidA Florida appellate court held that misrepresentations regarding a claimant’s medical history can disqualify the claimant from receiving benefits even if there is no direct link between the allegedly false...
Florida MDs Have No Duty to “Cross-Examine” Workers’ Comp Claimant Regarding Known Misrepresentations Florida MDs Have No Duty to “Cross-Examine” Workers’ Comp Claimant Regarding Known MisrepresentationsA New York appellate court has refused to vacate a portion of a county court’s judgment that, following a defendant’s guilty plea to fraudulent practices (N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law §...
NY Cage Dancer Forfeits Right to Future Comp Benefits NY Cage Dancer Forfeits Right to Future Comp BenefitsNY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
A New York appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that an employer’s surveillance videos and testimony of its private investigator, which primarily showed a workers’...
NY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
NY Employer’s Surveillance of Injured Worker Fails to Establish Fraud
A federal district court judge ruled yesterday that nine fire department employees may maintain a civil action they had filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations [RICO] Act against...
Federal Judge in Phoenix Says RICO Case May Move Forward Federal Judge in Phoenix Says RICO Case May Move ForwardThe Supreme Court of Ohio, affirming a decision of a lower level appellate court, recently held that while a claimant could not receive temporary total disability (TTD) benefits for any...
Ohio: Unpaid Work for Wife’s Business Warranted Forfeiture of Benefits, But Not Finding of Fraudulent Activity Ohio: Unpaid Work for Wife’s Business Warranted Forfeiture of Benefits, But Not Finding of Fraudulent ActivityIn August 2007, the Supreme Court of Florida ordered the empanelment of a statewide grand jury to investigate various criminal offenses, including activities related to check cashers. In 2008, the...
The Fight Against Workers’ Compensation Fraud Takes Many Forms–Florida Goes After Unscrupulous Check Cashing Firms The Fight Against Workers’ Compensation Fraud Takes Many Forms–Florida Goes After Unscrupulous Check Cashing Firms