Claimants may sometimes exaggerate their injuries during medical examinations. But as one case shows, surveillance videos–especially multiple videos taken prior to and after exams–rarely lie. A maintenance worker for a performing arts center hurt himself […]

New York City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) - Construction industry advocates in New York City are alleging that construction workers are faking their job site injuries in an effort to get a big insurance settlement. As one […]

What Do You Think? Georgia’s Rycroft defense can help an employer avoid paying workers’ compensation benefits in certain circumstances where the employee made a fraudulent misrepresentation about her pre-existing physical injuries. But what happens if the company […]

Can You Solve the Case? A case involving a P.I. caught in the act and an employee with a back injury illustrates the importance of accurate surveillance reports when using video to establish workers’ compensation […]

February 2025 Curriculum: Workers’ Recovery Professional (WRP)Course: Preventing Work Comp Fraud ... It Takes a Village School: Legal Faculty: Curt DeVries; President, Fraudsniffr  Curt is a 35-year claims professional with extensive claim handling and management experience in both […]

What Do You Think? In Ohio, work, for purposes of total temporary disability compensation, doesn't always require that the worker is getting paid. A case involving an injured Big Lots employee who received TTD benefits […]

What Do You Think? Schenectady, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A few key pieces of evidence usually work together to show whether an employee was or was not misrepresenting his injuries to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. In […]

The recent California jury verdict ordering Walmart to pay nearly $35 million to a former truck driver, Jesus "Jesse" Fonseca, is a powerful case study for leadership lessons. This decision raises questions about workplace culture, […]