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Calif. Wood Chipper Death Spawns Insurance Fraud Case

The owner of an Orange County tree-trimming business faces fraud charges after filing a 2007 insurance claim for the family of an employee who died in a wood chipper. Prosecutors say he never paid premiums on the insurance. Jose Luis …

Virginia Company Pleads Guilty in Wood Chipper Fatality

A landscaping company has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor safety violation stemming from a wood chipper accident that killed a 14-year-old worker. The Daily Press reports that Old Tree Dominion and Lawn Care owner Robert Lee Strickland Jr. entered the …