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Trucker's Full Court Press Leads to Fraud Conviction
10/20/2010
from a water bottle and cradling a cell phone between his head and shoulder while he lifted items out of his car's trunk.
Upon viewing the video evidence his physicians concluded that he was not disabled and a San Diego Superior Court convicted him of the fraud and perjury charges. The court also
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Ex-Trooper Who Caused Fatal Car Crash Seeks Comp Benefits
09/22/2010
girlfriend on his cell phone in the moments before the crash.
Help was already at the scene of the accident to which Mitchell was responding prosecutors said.
Mitchell sustained severe leg injuries and was temporarily in a wheel chair.
Mitchell pleaded guilty to reckless homicide and reckless driving in
Category: News
Injury from Fight over Beer not Compensable
08/18/2010
only two empty cans inside. Believing that Lowe had drunken the beers Merz demanded that his co-worker go buy more. Lowe was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone at the time and ignored Merz's demand.
What happened next is in dispute. The employer says that after finishing his phone call Lowe
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Shooting Victim's Estate Challenges Strengthened Exclusive Remedy
06/11/2010
on March 30. According to the complaint Rouch immediately went to her home picked up her 9-mm handgun and returned to the store to shoot Janowski. Rouch apparently knew that Janowski would be in his car as he routinely called his wife on his cell phone before beginning his shift.
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Experts Warn Cell Phones, Texting Cause Comp, Lawsuit Dangers
04/27/2010
a cell phone or texting if the communication is related to the employers business or the employees job.
Intentionally taking your focus and attention off the road substantially increases the risk of hurting or even killing someone Wald said. This is not mere negligence; it is gross negligence
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Attorney/Pollster Issues Mia Culpa About SEUS Dealings
03/05/2010
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Both Oxendine and Westmoreland have said was no political threat in connection with the conversation.
But following the SEUS meeting Towery said he called Westmoreland to back off. He said his in blog that Westmoreland complied.
"I called Lynn on my own cell phone not asking him to retract what he
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Deckhand Failed to Show Employer's Negligence Caused Slip and Fall
02/24/2010
early morning hours of Dec. 5 2007 Kurpiel was working the midnight to 6 a.m. shift when he went into the wheelhouse to use his cell phone.
He was awaiting a cell phone call and watching the barges when he fell asleep. When Kurpiel awoke he walked down the steps out of the wheelhouse when he slipped
Category: News
MIA Posts New Contact Requirements
01/14/2010
must file reports by April 15 that provide detailed contact information including the telephone fax and cell phone numbers for key insurance contacts.
The requirement also covers nonprofit health service plans dental plan organizations health maintenance organizations and premium finance companies
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High Court Denies Review to Decision on Potluck Shopping Injuries
12/22/2009
before Christmas. At the time of the accident Casarez was speaking to a co-worker about the potluck via cell phone when her husband lost control of the couple's truck and struck the freeway's center divider.
The workers' compensation judge and the WCAB both concluded that she was injured while
Category: News
Employer Disputes Compensability of Potluck Shopping Injuries
12/03/2009
and that Casarez's fellow nurse schedulers regularly met during lunch hours. During these meetings the schedulers would discuss scheduling procedures and other tasks related to company business.
At the time the accident occurred Casarez was speaking to her co-worker on her cell phone about what
Category: News
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