Quote of the day
"What a screw-up."
Paul Napoli, attorney who contends that the city-run WTC Captive Insurance Co. failed to promptly notify insurers for the city's Ground Zero contractors that they could be liable for claims from sick workers.
State Fund to Co-Host Cotton Safety Harvest Program in Five Points
Fresno County Farm Bureau and State Compensation Insurance Fund will host their annual Cotton Harvest Safety Program Sept. 25 at the Westside Field Station near Five Points. Workers’ Comp Executive
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Attorneys Say WTC Insurance Fund Made Major Notification Error
Attorneys for injured Ground Zero responders contend the WTC Captive Insurance Co., which New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration runs, failed to promptly notify insurers that they could be liable for claims by sick police, firefighters and other workers who spent time on the pile. As a result, dozens of the insurers say notice came too late for them to honor policies. By Susan Edelman, New York Post
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Postal Worker Cops to Major Workers’ Comp Fraud
A former U.S. postal worker admits to federal charges of bilking the government out of $392,000 in workers’ compensation payments over the past 16 years for a purported back injury while collecting income from three separate businesses. By John O’Brien, Syracuse Post-Standard [With Photo] Go to the Full Story…
Cancer Study Funding Secured, Says Congressman
NIOSH scientists will have money to proceed with a monumental study of cancer rates among 28,000 New York IBM employees that will advance science about illness and chemical exposure, according to U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey. By Tom Wilber, Ithaca Journal
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Commentary: Trouble Spots Lurk in Empire State’s Reform
The executive director of an upstate New York building contractors group argues that New York’s new Workers’ Compensation Law, while a positive step for the industry, also contains “potentially very ugly points,” including the lack of a means for expediting claims, that could lead to premium increases. By Brad Walters via Press & Sun Bulletin (Binghamton, N.Y.)
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Mississippi Gov. Appoints Iraq Vet to Workers’ Comp Commission
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour announces that Gen. Leon Collins will serve on the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission after he retires from his post as director of mobilization of the U.S. Army Forces Command in Fort McPherson, Georgia. By Laura Hipp, Jackson Clarion-Ledger
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