Man accused of faking injuries
KALAMA, Cowlitz County (AP) A Kalama man is facing one count of theft after a Washington Labor & Industries investigation alleges he was faking injuries to collect nearly $300,000 in workers compensation benefits.
Labor & Industries says James Thomasson was hurt while working as a logger in 2006, The Daily News reported. A tree hit his leg, causing bruises and abrasions.
KALAMA A Kalama man is facing one count of theft after a Washington Labor & Industries investigation alleges he was faking injuries to collect nearly $300,000 in workers’ compensation benefits.
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Country s Largest Physician Union Announces Informational Picket After MultiCare Continues to Ignore Safety Concerns at Indigo Clinics
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TACOMA, Wash., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ On March 5, 2021, following a bargaining session held on March 2, 2021, physicians and providers of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) announced their upcoming informational picket in response to the Employer s failure to take provider safety concerns seriously. Providers plan to picket outside of two Indigo clinics on Tuesday, March 16
th and Wednesday, March 17
th 2021.
Union of American Physicians and Dentists: After the State of Washington cites MultiCare for repeated COVID-19 violations at their clinics, physicians and providers picket their urgent care units demanding safer working conditions.
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hen Laura Sandoval said goodbye to her husband, Eduardo, in August, she thought he d return home to Mexico in three months. She trusted that the fruit farm that hired him Washington Fruit and Produce would protect Eduardo from COVID-19. Instead, he got a case of COVID that will cripple him for life. And when Laura flew to Spokane to care for her husband, she thought the company would at the very least provide the workers compensation that Eduardo legally was entitled to for catching COVID-19 on the job. But to this day, she hasn t seen a penny. I don t know how they can sleep at night, knowing the situation we re in, Laura tells the