Common sense should tell us if we are injured at home, we cannot file a workers’ compensation claim. But, not all sense is common or sensible.
A civilian supervisory detention officer, employed by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for 24 years, was convicted for filing a false workers’ comp claim. The worker claimed an industrial/on-the-job injury and filed for work comp. She was convicted of workers’ compensation and insurance fraud.
The investigation centered on how the alleged injury occurred, the actual location where she claimed she was injured and what information she had given to her treating physicians. Investigators found the woman did not tell the LAPD, her doctors or investigators with the City Attorney’s Office the injury actually occurred at her home before she reported to work on the day she claimed she was injured at work. (workersxzcompxzkit)
As part of the criminal conviction for workers’ comp fraud, the court ordered the individual to pay full restitution to the City of Los Angeles in the amount of $7,654.71 for all salary and medical benefits the City paid as part of her fraudulent claim. In addition, she was sentenced to 100 hours of community service and placed on two years of summary probation.
Author Robert Elliott, executive vice president, Amaxx Risks Solutions, Inc. has worked successfully for 20 years with many industries to reduce Workers' Compensation costs, including airlines, health care, manufacturing, printing/publishing, pharmaceuticals, retail, hospitality and manufacturing. He can be contacted at: Robert_Elliott@ReduceYourWorkersComp.com or 860-553-6604.
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