A day in the life of a workers’ compensation claims professional can be hectic to say the least. New losses that demand immediate attention come in continually.
Imagine the beginning of what promises to be an awesome afternoon: You’re cruising along in your car and the sun is shining. The windows are down, and your favorite song is playing on the radio.
A man has died after being crushed by pallets of mushrooms at a plant in central Florida. The Orlando Sentinel reports Orange County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rose Silva says 45-year-old Bruce Edward Stephenson Jr. of Tavares was moving the pallets Monday with a forklift at the Monterey Mushrooms Inc. plant in Zellwood when the pallets began swaying.
A trailer carrying bees was involved in an accident with three tractor trailers on I-85 Tuesday, blocking three lanes of traffic and causing major delays.
Five cyclists were killed and four injured on Tuesday evening when a pickup truck collided with a cycling group along a road in southwest Michigan, officials said.
48-year-old Elizabeth Louise Brown of Canyon County, a former claims adjuster, has pleaded guilty to two counts of insurance fraud with white collar crime enhancement for her scheme to defraud her employer out of more than $289,000.
More than a dozen bus passengers were taken to a hospital Monday afternoon after a Metrobus crashed with another vehicle and then slammed into a tree in Silver Spring, Maryland, officials said. The crash of the J2 bus headed to Montgomery Westfield mall occurred Monday afternoon on East-West Highway at Grubb Road.
Penn State still contests a decision on who pays what regarding settlements with Jerry Sandusky abuse claimants. The university filed new documents Friday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, a motion to amend Judge Gary Glazer’s May order.
A massive case of insurance fraud spearheaded by a chiropractor has ensnared seven defendants named in a pair of indictments. Riverside County prosecutors allege that $98 million was fraudulently billed to 18 insurance companies.
Sixty per cent of digital businesses will suffer major service failures by 2020 due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk, according to a special report from Gartner, Inc., an information technology research and advisory company.
Snackers beware: You may see spot shortages of Ding Dongs, Zingers or other sugary Hostess Brands treats due to a recall.<br />Hostess is recalling 710,000 cases of some of its best-known snack cakes and doughnuts because the flour used to make them may contain peanut residue that isn’t noted on the packaging.
A 19-year-old Washington resident was hospitalized Friday afternoon after a piece of metal broke free from a truck and smashed into his windshield. The driver was heading south on SR-97 about 13 miles outside of Leavenworth, Washington when a metal cylinder broke free from a flatbed truck hauling four hydraulic lift arms used for garbage trucks.
A Santa Barbara police officer was charged with four felonies related to worker’s compensation insurance fraud, allegedly committed while employed at the department, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.
An apartment building in a standoff with Lake Granbury held its ground Monday while residents finished packing up all they could carry out. City officials ordered them out Friday after recent rains toppled stone retaining walls, allowing earth to erode beneath the building.
We’re No. 1. Again. California led all states in auto thefts last year, and Los Angeles was the top city. L.A. saw a total of 57,247 cars stolen last year, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, almost twice as many as closest rival San Francisco’s 30,554 and more than double Houston’s 25,433 or New York-New Jersey’s 22,391.
