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Workman's Compensation Apportionment Rules Do Not Apply to Former Prison Guard by In 2005, while working for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), then prison guard James Alexander suffered work related injuries to his heart, cardio¬vascular system and left arm. Pursuant to provisions contained in California Labor Code …
Article • January 15, 2009
Federal Officials Raid Mushroom Farm Leaving Wyoming Prisoners "Spore" Losers by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Wyoming State prisoners face layoffs due to the imminent closing of the Wind River Mushrooms farm (Farm) in Shoshoni. This was caused by federal officials raiding the Farm finding false identification on Guatemalan immigrant …
Former New Hampshire Deputy Forced Non Compensated Labor On Prisoners by Bob Williams By: Bob Williams Portsmouth, New Hampshire former deputy sheriff Matthew Ejma received 200 hours of community service and a $2,500 fine after using Portsmouth Jail work release prisoners for his personal gain. The prisoners were never compensated …
Article • January 15, 2009
Virginia Guard Injured in Prison Transport Van Accident Settles for $200,000 by A Virginia State jury awarded $250,000 to a guard who was injured while driving a prisoner transport van. While transporting several prisoners, the van driven by guard Ralph P. Tolbert was hit by a car that drove out …
Article • August 15, 2008
Colorado Community Corrections Confinees Eligible for Workers' Compensation by A Colorado court of appeals held that a community corrections program (CCP) is not a jail or prison, and therefore workers' compensation benefits should not be suspended for prisoners participating in CCPs. Hilario Vasquez, a participant in a Colorado CCP, was …
Article • December 15, 2007 • from PLN December, 2007
California Prisoner Workers’ Compensation Eligibility Questioned By Legislators by John Dannenberg California Prisoner Workers' Compensation Eligibility Questioned by Legislators by John E. Dannenberg In 2006, the California state Compensation Insurance Fund paid $5.73 million to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to cover prisoner workers' compensation claims. This figure …
Oklahoma: Attacked Employee's Psychological Treatment Claim Compensable by The Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that an employee of a contract health care provider who was stabbed by a prisoner had a compensable psychological injury claim. Sandra Shivel, an employee of Wexford Health Sources (WHS), was attacked and physically injured by …
Article • May 15, 2007
No Retroactive Suspension Of Worker Compensation In AZ by The Supreme Court of Arizona, sitting En Banc, held that Arizona Revised Statute § 23-1031, which authorizes the suspension of worker compensation benefits to persons convicted of a crime and incarcerated, could not be applied retroactively. The Supreme Court review consolidated …
Social Security Application Claims Estop Fired Jailer's ADA Claims by The U .S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana, held that a former jail guard's claim, brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that he was terminated because he …
Montana State Prisoner Not Entitled to Disability And Rehabilitation Benefits While Incarcerated by Montana State Prisoner Not Entitled to Disability And Rehabilitation Benefits While Incarcerated The Montana Supreme Court held on appeal from the Workers' Compensation Court that state prisoner Gary Quigg was not entitled to disability benefits while performing …
Article • May 15, 2007
Prisoner Denied Workers' Compensation for Injury In State Community Job by The Missouri Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of state prisoner Weldon Richard's workers' compensation claim for a fall he suffered while trimming trees in a community prison job. Richard filed a claim for benefits with the State Labor …
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