Hello dear readers!

Heraclitus told us that no man ever steps into the same river twice.  Most assuredly, if Heraclitus were to witness California Workers’ Compensation practice over the span of a few years, he would have to explain further: “ok… but California Workers’ Comp is clearly not a river, it’s a swamp!”

Well, your humble blogger can confirm.  Same swamp, different day.

So I bring you the news of yet another public employee convicted of defrauding the workers’ compensation system.  Social Services Department employee Janice Richardson was convicted at the end of January of workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

Following an MVA in 2014 that was admitted AOE/COE, an application was filed and applicant received benefits.  She then “misrepresented facts as related to her physical abilities and limitations associated with her injury.”  She pled no contest back in 2018 and was sentenced last week to three years of probation, $1,000 fine and ordered to pay $27,500 in restitution to the county.

How many blog posts does your humble blogger have to write before we can finally stop seeing stories about public employees stealing from the public?  Always one more, it appears.

May this be a reminder to us to be ever vigilant against the fraudsters that plague our beloved swamp – and let us endeavor to make them famous for their misdeeds.