Jon Woods’ Trial In Orange County Ends In Mistrial By Lonce Lamonte - April 18, 2019 By 3:30 pm yesterday afternoon, April 17th 2019, the jury for the trial of Jon Woods, workers’ compensation applicants’ attorney, announced they were hung and could not come to a unanimous verdict.  Jon Woods sat at the defendants’ table at this moment in time wearing a black suit, in contrast to his usual and customary grey suit.  He has two fine grey suits.  However, this day he switched it up. Woods’ lawyer, Richard Wynn, who wore a white shirt in contrast to one of his vibrant pink, lime green, or lavender shirts, had predicted a hung jury the day prior.  He knew it from what he’d heard.  However, the judge stated this was the first time the jury conceded to being hung.  Read More

Court affirms denial of comp cover due to untimely injury notice: Business Insurance  January 11, 2019 A New York appellate court affirmed Thursday a decision denying benefits to a taxi driver for failing to provide timely notice of his injury.   In Sheikh v. White & Blue Group Corp., heard in the appellate division of the Supreme Court of New York, a taxi driver alleged that another driver assaulted him on July 5, 2014, while he was between fares, causing him to sustain injuries to his right shoulder and neck. He filed a C-3 claim form on July 29, 2014.

Federal appeals court orders Hartford to pay half of comp claim: Business Insurance  January 10, 2019 Former Insys CEO to plead guilty in opioid kickback case: Business Insurance   January 9, 2019 AmTrust revamps leadership in turnaround effort: Business Insurance  January 9, 2019

Prosecution Got Last Word In Jon Woods’ Trial In Orange County. Jury Was Still Deliberating On Wednesday, April 17th, At 2 PM. By Lonce Lamonte - April 17, 2019 By two o’clock this afternoon, there was still no peep out of the jury in the trial of Jon Woods.  The trial of the app... Read More

Jury Deliberations In Jon Woods Trial Continue With Juror Number Three Being Excused And Replaced By An Alternate By Lonce Lamonte - April 15, 2019 At 3:45 pm today, in court room C-40 on the 10th floor in Orange County Superior Court, the... Read More

Jon Woods' Attorney Closes By Stating Insurance Companies Are Asking The Orange County DA To Do Its Dirty Work By Lonce Lamonte - April 15, 2019 On April 8th 2019, Monday, Richard Wynn, defense attorney for defendant Jon Woods who is an... Read More

Growing Up In A Career Of Claims And Workers’ Compensation By Eddie Avilez - May 25, 2018 I’m anxious.  My palms are sweaty.  It took three tries but finally the Windsor knot is ready.  M... Read More

Sheri Lawrence Joins Sempra Energy As Employee Care Services Manager After 29 Years Of Workers' Compensation Claims Experience By Lonce Lamonte - August 21, 2018 Sheri Lawrence began on July 23rd 2018 as the Employee Care Services Manager at Sempra Energy, Southern Ca... Read More