The owner of a Lowell-based temporary labor staffing agency has been indicted on charges of workers’ compensation fraud for failing to disclose true size of payroll to its insurance provider.
Insurance Law | Massachusetts
Worcester Investment Adviser Charged With Stealing $2.9 Million From His Clients
A former investment adviser representative has entered into a plea agreement for misappropriating $2.9 million from his investment advisory clients between 2010 and 2019.
Daughter Denied $142,000 Loss Under Dad’s Gloucester Homeowner’s Policy Because Not A “Household Member” Per Policy Terms
The Massachusetts Appeals Court denied coverage for a $142,000 personal property claim arising out of a 2015 fire loss where the named insured’s daughter lived on the insured property, but did not qualify as an insured because she was not a household member.
Keches Law Group To Pay $300,000 In Settlement Over Illegal Worker’s Comp. Kickback Scheme
Law Firm Referred Over 800 Clients to a Pharmacy in Exchange for Tens of Thousands of Dollars in Payments.
Employee versus Independent Contractor: The Battle Rages On
The Reviewing Board of the Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents (DIA) once famously observed, “The issue of who is an independent contractor and who is an employee has bedeviled the bar and bench since the beginning of workers’ compensation.” MacTavish v. O’Connor Lumber Co., 6 Mass. Workers’ Comp. Rep. 174, 177 (1992). Based on recent […]
