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Workers’ Compensation

An injured 49er is attended to on the field. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Pro Athletes Fight Limits On California Workers’ Comp

Former professional athletes who have battled countless injuries since they left the game on Monday criticized proposed legislation that would restrict players from collecting workers’ compensation benefits in California.

2013/04/15

An injured 49er is attended to on the field. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Injured Athletes Cashing In On California Workers’ Compensation

Pro athletes, many representing out-of-state teams, have been awarded millions of dollars from the California Workers’ Compensation program over the last three decades, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

2013/02/25

Modupe Adunni Martin (San Mateo County Sheriff's Office)

Woman Engaging In Public Oral Sex, Running In Heels Jailed For Workers’ Comp Fraud

A woman who was filmed running in high heels and engaging in oral sex in a public park while claiming to be too injured to work was sentenced Thursday to nine months in San Mateo County Jail for workers’ compensation fraud.

2012/12/13

A doctor displays a plastic spine model. (Tim Schammberger/AFP/Getty Images)

Medical Billing Firm Accused Of Bilking Santa Clara Co. On Spinal Implant Costs

A company that professes to helps patients cover the cost of expensive spinal implants overbilled Santa Clara County taxpayers by tens of thousands of dollars and pocketed the profits, according to prosecutors.

2012/04/26

Margarita "Maggie" Gomez

Former Daly City Councilwoman Gets Jail Time For Insurance Fraud

Former Daly City Councilwoman Maggie Gomez was sentenced Tuesday morning to six months in San Mateo County Jail after being convicted of two felony counts of insurance fraud.

CBS San Francisco–2011/05/03

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