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The topic of workers' compensation fraud is highly controversial, with claimant supporters arguing that fraud by claimants is rare—as low as one-third of one percent, [64] others focusing on the widely reported National Insurance Crime Bureau statistic that workers' compensation fraud accounts for $7.2 billion in unnecessary costs, [65] and ...
His scheme involved embezzling over $627,000 of worker's compensation funds by setting up a fictitious company named Independent Auditors Group. Ellicott manipulated the city's workers' compensation system to funnel payments to this fake entity, which he controlled, and then redirected these funds into his personal checking account. [128] [129]
They also provide pharmaceuticals and pharmacy services to long-term care, workers' compensation and specialty drug patients. AmerisourceBergen handles about 20% of all of the pharmaceuticals sold and distributed throughout the United States and ranked 10th on the Fortune 500 list for 2020 with over $179 billion in annual revenue.
Asbestos litigation is the longest, most expensive mass tort in U.S. history, involving more than 8,000 defendants and 700,000 claimants. [1] By the early 1990s, "more than half of the 25 largest asbestos manufacturers in the US, including Amatex, Carey-Canada, Celotex, Eagle-Picher, Forty-Eight Insulations, Manville Corporation, National Gypsum, Standard Insulation, Unarco, and UNR Industries ...
Christine Gregoire (/ ˈ ɡ r ɛ ɡ w ɑːr /; née O'Grady; born March 24, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 22nd governor of Washington from 2005 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008.
Member, Workers Compensation Benefit and Insurance Oversight Committee, 2015–present; Executive Nominations Committee, 2019–present; Legislative Policy Committee, 2019–present; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2019–present; Senate Chair, Joint Electric Universal Service Program Work Group, 2020–present
The daughter of former Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley, she was a lawyer before entering politics; she focused on labour law, with a specialty in workers' compensation advocacy and workplace health and safety issues. Notley was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2008 provincial election, succeeding former NDP leader Raj Pannu.