When one files a workers' compensation claim against an employer, it is helpful if he or she actually works for said employer, because otherwise the chance of getting away with free medical care and narcotics is a lot less likely.
Jeff Davis, the owner of Davis Trucking in Middletown, Ohio, assisted his girlfriend, Tabitha Taylor, in filing a workers' comp claim with the trucking company. The claim stated that Taylor had sustained an injury on the job, but the Ohio Bureau for Workers' Compensation (BWC) felt that something just was not right with the claim.
That assumption was correct. Taylor had in fact never been employed by Davis Trucking. After BWC investigation, Davis did admit that he was the “mastermind” behind the false claim, and Taylor agreed. The hope had been to obtain free medical care for Taylor and narcotics for them both. The irony of the situation is that the injury Taylor had sustained was actually the result of a domestic dispute between Taylor and an ex-boyfriend.
Davis was sentenced this June to a 10-month suspended prison sentence followed by five years of community control. Taylor received a 180-day suspended sentence and five years of community control as well. The two are jointly liable for paying $8,064.07 in restitution as well as $4,000 in investigative costs.
Although Davis and Taylor are receiving punishment for their proven criminal ways, the community might also need to control Taylor's ex-boyfriend.
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