The Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission and the International Workers’ Compensation Foundation Inc. are the sponsors of the 14th Annual Texas Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. The conference will be held in Austin August 18-20, 2004, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) announced a former Celina worker has pled guilty to workers’ compensation fraud. Fredrick Williams is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 15 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Williams is currently a resident …
Atlanta-based Atlantic American Corp. announced net income of $1.1 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2004, compared to net income of $1.2 million, or $0.04 per diluted share, for the second quarter ended …
The latest advisory bulletin from the National Hurricane Center in Miami reports that Tropical Storm Charley is continuing rapidly west-northwestward toward Jamaica and that a tropical storm warning and a hurricane watch remain in effect for the island. The NHC …
Concerned by the high percentage of accidents involving uninsured motorists, the British Government announced plans for a crackdown that could ultimately allow police to seize and eventually destroy the cars they drive. According to reports from Reuters and the BBC, …
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley has sent a letter to the regional director of the Small Business Administration requesting a disaster declaration for residents and business owners in Dare and Hyde counties who suffered damage from Hurricane Alex last week. …
Pennsylvania Attorney General Jerry Pappert announced that a York County man who reportedly lied about his educational background to obtain jobs as a psychotherapist and fraudulently billed the State Department of Public Welfare’s Medical Assistance Program for nearly $400,000 in …
The U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited the Daytona International Speedway LLC, for alleged violations of safety standards following the agency’s investigation of a worker fatality on Feb. 8, 2004, at the Daytona racetrack. OSHA …
Sacramento County (California) District Attorney Jan Scully announced that body shop owner Jason Todd Johnson was sentenced to seven months county jail following his plea to preparing a fraudulent repair estimate in violation of Penal Code section 550(a)(5). In April …
A San Fernando, California jury, after six days of deliberation, convicted a Chatsworth couple of murdering the woman’s former husband – a Los Angeles Unified School District police officer – for his insurance money, the District Attorney’s office announced. Jennifer …