Judge: Misrepresentations On Application Constituted Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Mealey's (December 15, 2016, 10:48 AM EST) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — The owner of a labor staffing firm and the manager committed workers’ compensation fraud when misrepresenting the job descriptions of its employees in an attempt to obtain avoid paying for workers’ compensation insurance, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Dec. 14 in granting in part Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Co.’s motion for summary judgment (Travelers Property Casualty Insurance Company v. Quickstuff LLC, et al., No. 14-6105, D. N.J.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172522)....