Georgia man arrested for suspected insurance scam
Following an investigation by the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation’s Enforcement Division, a 50-year-old Gwinnett County man has been accused of lying about being an insurance agent to trick clients into buying fake coverage. Investigators began the case after they received complaints in March 2020 that he was issuing fraudulent insurance certificates. Fox5 Atlanta
Organization asks Iowa Supreme Court to clarify state’s workers’ compensation law
Following passage of a 2017 law that limits the amount of benefits an injured employee can receive, a civil rights organization, the League of United Latin American Citizens, is asking Iowa’s highest court to clarify the state’s workers’ compensation law. KTVO
Former Mafia man pleads guilty in restaurant scam
A former Mafia soldier has admitted orchestrating the nationwide collapse of country-themed restaurants, including eight in Florida. A project in Gainesville was the flashpoint; contractors who worked there said state building inspectors became concerned over a workers’ compensation claim. Gainesville Sun
South Carolina justices rule on statutory employee doctrine
The South Carolina Supreme Court has held that where the owner of a manufacturing facility made a legitimate business decision to outsource maintenance and repair work, with no intention of avoiding the cost of workers’ compensation insurance for the contractor’s employees, the facility’s owner was not the statutory employer of the contractor’s employee. South Carolina Lawyers Weekly [may require registration]