11/13/2008 News For: Workmans Comp SettlementWorkers' Comp Cost-Control Blog Feed Now Available From Amaxx A high-quality blog feed offering fresh tips on reducing workers' compensation costs is now available to news organizations and company intranets from Amaxx Risk Solutions Ex-S.F. firefighter's workers' comp problem A former San Francisco firefighter is facing criminal charges after she collected $140,000 in workers' compensation and disability payments - while she was participating in ultramarathons and triathlons from the Sierra to Germany. Christina Hijjawi, 37,... N. D. Judge Denys Request to Move Trial of Former Workers' Comp Head A judge has denied North Dakota's former workers' compensation director's request to move his criminal trial out of Burleigh County. Sandy Blunt faces two felony charges that accuse him of misspen West Virginia Workers' Comp Insurer Plans 50 Staff Cuts BrickStreet Insurance said it is looking to shed 50 employees in a move to cut costs following the loss of its monopoly in writing workers' compensation insurance policies to West Virginia businesses. Granite City man settles case claiming he sold illegal copies of new Xbox 360 game EAST ST. LOUIS -- A video game company that alleged that a Granite City man was selling illegal copies of a new Xbox 360 video game has worked out a settlement with the man, court documents filed Tuesday say. Plausible Deniability Just how well the workers' comp system is working in Texas remains something of a mystery. While Amy Lee, director of the state's Workers' Compensation Research and Evaluation Group, can churn out report after report on initial denial rates���they have been increasing and were at 41 percent i... News From 91.3 KUWS Cortec agrees to $250,000 OSHA fine after explosion in Spooner More than six months after an explosion injured two workers and forced a mile area evacuation, a Spooner company has agreed to a settlement with the Department of Labor. Rich Kremer reports. Joseph C. Wheeler Joseph C. Wheeler of Washington died October 28, 2008, in the Wills Memorial Hospital, Washington. He was a native of Dade County, Florida, and the son of the late Lester Irving Wheeler Jr. and Sara Isabel Davis Wheeler. Before becoming disabled, he had worked for an auto parts manufacturing comp... Ex-S.F. firefighter's workers' comp problem A former San Francisco firefighter is facing criminal charges after she collected $140,000 in workers' compensation and disability payments - while she was participating in ultramarathons and triathlons from the Sierra to Germany. Christina Hijjawi, 37,... Iraqi Operator on Target to Double Subscriber Base in One Year Iraqi mobile network operator, Asiacell says that it is on target to double its subscriber base within a 12 month period. The comp any had 3.6 million subscribers in February, and CEO Dr Diar Ahmad said in an interview that the customer base has now passed the six million mark. |


