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Firefighters’ Widow Entitled to WC Benefits, Md. Court Rules

A Maryland widow is entitled to her late husband’s workers’ compensation death benefits because she was dependent upon her husband at the time of his disablement, a Maryland appeals court has ruled. The appeals panel overturned a lower court that …

Ohio Man Ordered to Repay $60K in Workers’ Comp Death Benefits

An Ohio man was ordered to repay nearly $60,000 in workers’ compensation death benefits. Adam Osterman pleaded guilty Feb. 13 in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas to one count of workers’ compensation fraud, a fifth-degree felony. “As the …