A doctor in Texas was ordered to pay $376,368 in restitution after he pleaded guilty to defrauding federal and state workers’ compensation programs, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced.
Dr. Clinton…
A jury last week convicted suspended Georgia Insurance Commissioner Jim Beck on 37 counts of fraud and money laundering, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Jim Beck
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)Prosecutors said Beck embezzled more…
A Missouri appellate court overturned a denial of permanent total disability benefits for a former airline worker with hearing loss.
Case: Fields v. Treasurer, No. ED109251, 07/20/2021, published.
Facts: Jimmy Fields worked as…
The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an injured worker was entitled to temporary total disability benefits after he was terminated from his position as a garbage collector and…
A California teacher was ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to a fraud charge for participating in a marathon a month after reporting a back…
A new study has found that drug monitoring programs and recently implemented policies limiting the period of initial prescriptions have reduced opioids in workers’ compensation, but injured worker advocates say…