Restaurant Owner Sentenced for 5-Year Fraud Scheme
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced one of the owners and operators of a Thai barbecue restaurant chain operating in Los Angeles and San Francisco received a two-year suspended sentence…
Report: Man Arrested After Threatening SCIF Staff
The California Highway Patrol arrested a man on suspicion of making criminal threats against staff at State Compensation Insurance Fund, according to a report by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
The…
Pinnacol CEO Phil Kalin to Retire in March
Colorado-based workers’ compensation carrier Pinnacol Assurance announced Phil Kalin, president and CEO, will retire in 2022.
Phil Kalin (pinnacol.com)
Kalin was appointed president and CEO in November 2013 as the successor…
Employer Can Terminate Payments for Narcotic Medication for Worker who Lied About Drug Use
The Delaware Superior Court ruled that an employer was entitled to discontinue its payment for narcotic painkillers medications based on an injured worker’s high use of the medication and dishonesty…
WCRI: Special Considerations Needed to Apply Lessons from Past Recessions to 2020
The propensity of the past to be prologue allows some predictions about industry trends based on prior economic downturns, but the unique nature of the 2020 recession will likely require…
Split Supreme Court Finds Worker Had No Compensable Impairment after Knee Injury
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker had no compensable impairment following a fall resulting in a knee injury.
Case: McKinney v. Kingston Mining Inc., No. 20-0391, 09/27/2021,…