In 2011, truck driver Steve Dunteman was performing his job duties when he got a blister on his foot. He lanced the blister, but later his wound got infected and he lost his toe, in large part because of his diabetes. The Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission ruled that Dunteman should not receive workers’ compensation benefits because his diabetes and… Read More
Seventy-six-year-old Rhode Island resident Marta Rangel pleaded nolo contendre to one count of obtaining money under false pretenses on Wednesday, December 18 before Providence Superior Court Special Magistrate Patrick Burke for fraudulently collecting $10,000 in workers’ compensation insurance benefits while she was employed between February 2010 and June 2011. According to Attorney General Peter Kilmartin… Read More