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Merced County Doctor Indicted for Multimillion Dollar Disability Insurance Fraud Scheme, Money Laundering, and Unrelated Drug Charges
Merced County Doctor Indicted for Multimillion Dollar Disability Insurance Fraud Scheme, Money Laundering, and Unrelated Drug Charges

Fresno,CA(WorkersCompensation.com) -  On Oct. 20, 2022, a federal grand jury charged Sohail Mamdani, 46, of Los Banos, with mail fraud and money laundering in connection to a disability insurance fraud scheme, and unlawful use of a […]
Growers SIG Sues Grower for $3M Cost of Post-Termination Claims
Growers SIG Sues Grower for $3M Cost of Post-Termination Claims

San Francisco,CA( WorkCompAcademy) - California Agricultural Network, Inc. ("CAN") is a non-profit, mutual benefit California corporation with its principal place of business in Ontario, California. It is a collective of growers who have pooled their resources […]
California Suspends Nearly 200 Medical Providers From State Workers’ Comp System
California Suspends Nearly 200 Medical Providers From State Workers’ Comp System

San Francisco (WorkersCompensation.com) — The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation has suspended 178 medical providers from its workers’ comp system during the first eight months of the year. According to DIR […]
US Department Of Labor, Swank Enterprises Align To Promote Workplace Safety, Health At University Of Montana Construction Project
US Department Of Labor, Swank Enterprises Align To Promote Workplace Safety, Health At University Of Montana Construction Project

Billings,MT(WorkersCompensation.com) - Background: On Oct. 11, 2022, OSHA’s Billings area office and Swank Enterprises signed a two-year alliance to proactively enhance a safe and healthful work environment for employees involved in the construction of a dining […]
Profit Over People: Alarming Trend Continues At Dollar General Stores Where Seven Southeast Inspections Again Find Willful Violations
Profit Over People: Alarming Trend Continues At Dollar General Stores Where Seven Southeast Inspections Again Find Willful Violations

Atlanta,GA ( WorkersCompensation.com) -  Less than one month after the U.S. Department of Labor cited Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC with more than $1.6 million in penalties for putting its workers’ safety at risk, federal inspectors […]
Workers’ Comp Case Makes Its Way To Nebraska Supreme Court
Workers’ Comp Case Makes Its Way To Nebraska Supreme Court

Lincoln, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) — A corrections worker who was injured during a self-defense training course wasn’t wrongfully terminated after her injury left her with permanent work restrictions, the Nebraska Supreme Court has ruled. On Sept. […]
Argo Group Highlights Successful Transformation into a Focused, Pure-Play U.S. Specialty Insurer; Reiterates Commitment to Evaluating Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder Value
Argo Group Highlights Successful Transformation into a Focused, Pure-Play U.S. Specialty Insurer; Reiterates Commitment to Evaluating Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder Value

Hamilton,BE ( WorkersCompensation.com) - October 31, 2022 — Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE: ARGO) (“Argo” or “the Company”), an underwriter of specialty insurance products, today announced that it has filed definitive proxy materials with the […]
Philadelphia Contractor's History Of Exposing Workers To Deadly Fall Hazards Continues,US Department Of Labor Proposes $269K In Penalties
Philadelphia Contractor's History Of Exposing Workers To Deadly Fall Hazards Continues,US Department Of Labor Proposes $269K In Penalties

Philadelphia,PA(WorkersCompensation.com) -  A Philadelphia framing contractor faces $269,594 in proposed penalties after the company was again found exposing employees to deadly fall hazards at a residential worksite in the city’s Roxborough section on April 21, […]