A recent personal injury case against CSX Transportation proves that you should consider your options carefully before accepting an offer to settle out of court. Richard Burden, who was a conductor employed by the company at the time, was severely injured during a fall in 2007 while dismounting a tank car. The incident took place [...]
The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) today released new questionable medical claims (QC) data for 2009. The report examines suspected fraudulent medical claims referred to the NICB by its member companies. In 2009, medical QCs referred to the NICB totaled 28,553 compared with 25,945 in 2008, a 10 percent increase. The top five states producing [...]
The U.S. Department of Labor recently reported that workplace deaths in Texas rose to 480 in 2009, a 3.6 percent increase over the prior year. While workplace safety seems like common sense, the latest workplace death statistics indicate that additional insight and perspective around a strategic approach to workplace safety and workers’ compensation insurance coverage [...]