I agree! Let’s make an example out of him in hopes that this deters other would-be THIEVES of doing the same. Unfortunately, all of us in this business know what will REALLY happen…nothing.
Having established medically proven industrial injury(ies), if this driver has a family to support and the amount of TD WC payments did not match his responsibility forcing him to seek supplemental income in a less than competitive market (example driving a lighter truck and delivering potato chips), the driver must have his day in court and explain what is going on. The court must balance the injured man profit and loss sheet. Insurance companies are promt to impeach injured woorkers at any cost, yes, at any cost (however sometiomes their impeaching drive backfires)in contrast they commit fraud with an open license to do it under state laws tailored to allow Insurance to force workers to their knees dollar wise. Later, once an injured worker is in the seiner, the Insurance turns around to impeach the injured worker for seeking economic relief under pain duress. Males are taught to tought it out despite of pain and physical limitations. Under a family economic duress (hungry children stay at home mom), it shouldn’t be a surprise that this man seeked supplemental finacial relief. Whatever he earned and whatever he got from WC should be added and compared to his pre-injury income and adjustments made. Or is the fact that one gets injured at work a de facto comdennation to become a homeless? TD WC payments hardly make up for the pre-injury income including “moon-lighthing work” this man probably did prior to his injury. Lets stop makling an injured worker an instantaneosu criminal, an impeachable predicament. Lets look at the whole picture. Are WC insurance companies the white flower they portend to be? look around what is happening in Ohio! At California SCIF. Major fraud has been proven bt relentless injured workers to who legal benefits they denied. Insurance companies must be scrutinized in their drive to crimninalize injured workers; the state must not abandon their former full time taxpayers and stop being biased in favor of the Insurance companies. Once the filed isleveled, self respect between the Insurance and the injured worker the state must re-establish. Otherwise the whole system is in a lemming run status.
Unbelievable. Someone receives benefits for claiming an inability to work (drive in this case) and you state that he’s not a thief when he gets caught doing what he says he can’t while collecting money for disability? It doesn’t matter that driving isn’t “heavy” work. The reality of it is that this person claimed injury and disability which resulted in medical and lost time payments, when in fact he was capable of doing what he claimed he could not. Whether or not this man could live on the WC payments or if he has a family to support doesn’t matter either. We all have a responsibility to ourselves, our families, and our communities, to ensure our own financial stability in the event of devastating emergencies. That doesn’t absolve him of his responsibility to be honest.
Not only do fraudulently obtained benefits affect employer’s WC premiums, they affect all premiums regardless of line of coverage. I would venture a guess that if this gentleman had been receiving his benefit checks from you personally and you learned he’d been dishonest, your feelings about whether he had stolen would be different.
I personally know the person in question and he is currently serving 7 years probation for aggravated assault and prior to his fake injury he was over $10,000 in back child support. Currently, he is over $14,000 in arrears, so don’t bring family support into the picture, because he obviously hasn’t.
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and throw away the key since he’s stealing from ALL of us.
Problem is, he’ll probably only get a fine and partial restitution, then figure out how to do it without getting caught next time….
I agree! Let’s make an example out of him in hopes that this deters other would-be THIEVES of doing the same. Unfortunately, all of us in this business know what will REALLY happen…nothing.
Who can live on the workers’ comp payments claimants receive from the WC carrier?
Does this man have a family to support?
Driving is not something that I consider heavy work.
I don’t believe the claimant is a thief.
Having established medically proven industrial injury(ies), if this driver has a family to support and the amount of TD WC payments did not match his responsibility forcing him to seek supplemental income in a less than competitive market (example driving a lighter truck and delivering potato chips), the driver must have his day in court and explain what is going on. The court must balance the injured man profit and loss sheet. Insurance companies are promt to impeach injured woorkers at any cost, yes, at any cost (however sometiomes their impeaching drive backfires)in contrast they commit fraud with an open license to do it under state laws tailored to allow Insurance to force workers to their knees dollar wise. Later, once an injured worker is in the seiner, the Insurance turns around to impeach the injured worker for seeking economic relief under pain duress. Males are taught to tought it out despite of pain and physical limitations. Under a family economic duress (hungry children stay at home mom), it shouldn’t be a surprise that this man seeked supplemental finacial relief. Whatever he earned and whatever he got from WC should be added and compared to his pre-injury income and adjustments made. Or is the fact that one gets injured at work a de facto comdennation to become a homeless? TD WC payments hardly make up for the pre-injury income including “moon-lighthing work” this man probably did prior to his injury. Lets stop makling an injured worker an instantaneosu criminal, an impeachable predicament. Lets look at the whole picture. Are WC insurance companies the white flower they portend to be? look around what is happening in Ohio! At California SCIF. Major fraud has been proven bt relentless injured workers to who legal benefits they denied. Insurance companies must be scrutinized in their drive to crimninalize injured workers; the state must not abandon their former full time taxpayers and stop being biased in favor of the Insurance companies. Once the filed isleveled, self respect between the Insurance and the injured worker the state must re-establish. Otherwise the whole system is in a lemming run status.
Unbelievable. Someone receives benefits for claiming an inability to work (drive in this case) and you state that he’s not a thief when he gets caught doing what he says he can’t while collecting money for disability? It doesn’t matter that driving isn’t “heavy” work. The reality of it is that this person claimed injury and disability which resulted in medical and lost time payments, when in fact he was capable of doing what he claimed he could not. Whether or not this man could live on the WC payments or if he has a family to support doesn’t matter either. We all have a responsibility to ourselves, our families, and our communities, to ensure our own financial stability in the event of devastating emergencies. That doesn’t absolve him of his responsibility to be honest.
Not only do fraudulently obtained benefits affect employer’s WC premiums, they affect all premiums regardless of line of coverage. I would venture a guess that if this gentleman had been receiving his benefit checks from you personally and you learned he’d been dishonest, your feelings about whether he had stolen would be different.
I personally know the person in question and he is currently serving 7 years probation for aggravated assault and prior to his fake injury he was over $10,000 in back child support. Currently, he is over $14,000 in arrears, so don’t bring family support into the picture, because he obviously hasn’t.