COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teej Cummins’ outlook on life changed when she stopped at a Shawnee Hills store in September.

When she left the store, a stranger approached her and told her that someone did something to her car.

Cummins said that the stranger told her that a black van drove up.  A man with a black box got out and crawled underneath her car, attached the box and then drove off.  Read Complete Story – Click Here  Article from WBNS 10TV’s website – 4/1/09

Apparently, Ms Cummins called the police and they investigated the strange black box on her car. It turned out that the surveillance company was the mysterious man who jumped out of the van with the black box. He justified attaching a GPS devise to the claimants car by saying it  is safer for her and for me to attach a GPS.

Ok, adjusters – Red Flag – don’t use this company anymore – best practices ask your surveillance vendor what method they use to track injured employees. If they attach GPS devices without a search warrant or illegally they may jeopardize your case – because they are too lazy to do the job of following the employee the old fashioned why.

This is a classic example of too much technology or technology in the wrong hands. The claimant is planning to sue the surveillance company.

I read an article today in the Mercury News about an employer who moved the body of an employee who died on the job to an orchid field so they could avoid workers’ compensation benefits. Shocking!!

According to the article the employer allegedly moved the employees body from the work area to an Orchid field to avoid the fact that he died from heat exhaustion. Pedro Servin died on June 23, 2006 while working on his bosses sport utility vehicle. Mr. Servin collapsed and later died. After he died it is alleged that the owners and another employee moved the body to a nearby orchid field. The family of Mr. Servin has filed suit against his employer – General Pallet in Vernalis California.

According to investigators, Mr. Servin body was put in to the owners Yukon, driven to his residence and put in the orchid. The employee who helped them moved the body was threatened with deportation if he told anyone.

Read complete story

Powered by Qumana

Apparently Garrett A. Dalton forgot he was on workers’ compensation when he entered a contest to win Hannah Montana tickets. According to news reports Mr. Dalton entered a radio station contest that required him to dress up in woman’s clothing, wear high heals and run 40 yards balancing an egg on a spoon. Guess what he was on a no work status – If you can not work why are you on TV?

Read complete story –

Watch actual video of Mr. Dalton running the race. Click Here

Moral of this story for Employers – Get surveillance on your injured employees especially if they are off work for more than 90 days.

Powered by Qumana