[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/one-way-not-claim-workers-compensation\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/one-way-not-claim-workers-compensation\/","headline":"One Way Not to Claim Workers\u2019 Compensation","name":"One Way Not to Claim Workers\u2019 Compensation","description":"Of all people, a Baltimore City cop illustrated in spades that falsifying a\u00a0workers’ compensation\u00a0claim can be very, very costly and have the exact opposite of the comfortable security he apparently was seeking. Recently a jury didn\u2019t appear to buy the detective\u2019s story that he was shot and injured in a confrontation with a criminal as […]","datePublished":"2013-10-27","dateModified":"2025-04-16","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/author\/greenberglawoffices\/#Person","name":"Greenberg Law Offices","url":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/author\/greenberglawoffices\/","identifier":7,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0d600bf0d0a422eeda2a75c9d4b0240b93a50067ae011d1484f7dfed7467653?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e0d600bf0d0a422eeda2a75c9d4b0240b93a50067ae011d1484f7dfed7467653?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Greenberg Law Offices","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/greenberg-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/greenberg-logo.png","width":301,"height":94}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Founder-Henry-I.-Greenberg-with-attorney-Larry.jpg","url":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Founder-Henry-I.-Greenberg-with-attorney-Larry.jpg","width":790,"height":787},"url":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/one-way-not-claim-workers-compensation\/","about":["Workers' Compensation"],"wordCount":407,"keywords":["Workers' Compensation"],"articleBody":"Of all people, a Baltimore City cop illustrated in spades that falsifying a\u00a0workers’ compensation\u00a0claim can be very, very costly and have the exact opposite of the comfortable security he apparently was seeking.Recently a jury didn\u2019t appear to buy the detective\u2019s story that he was shot and injured in a confrontation with a criminal as a SWAT team scoured a parking garage; he was judged guilty on both perjury and misconduct charges. Now, instead of a carefree leave or even retirement, he faces years in prison, including workers\u2019 comp fraud that alone carries a maximum of 15 years. His sentencing is scheduled for October 21.The Baltimore City homicide detective stood accused of deliberately shooting himself in the leg with the hope of collecting workers\u2019 compensation. His plan failed to work simply because there was no evidence of an assailant found at a downtown parking garage. There were only police issue expended rounds found scattered on the deck, and numerous cops swore there was no one in the building. The now convicted cop described a gunman as a black male sporting a hoodie. Unfortunately the garage in question was festooned with surveillance cameras that turned up no evidence to buttress his fairy tale.Indeed, a supervisor with the city police SWAT team, testified that platoons of officers swept through the parking garage within minutes of the accused emotionally reporting the shooting over his radio. Exits were immediately locked down and SWAT members swept the garage clearing it floor-by-floor. Seven cops searched the garage roof and the roof of a nearby building. There were no signs of any suspect.The jury was taken on a \u201cjury view\u201d trip to the scene of the alleged crime, a relatively usual procedure. The accused was charged with presenting false testimony at a workers\u2019 compensation hearing. There he told commissioners that he wrestled with the gunman, who took off running up the stairs. The Baltimore cop said he chased the suspect but then backed off, believing he was out of rounds. In all the excitement, he then fell down the stairs, injuring his shoulder.The obvious moral of the sad story is that it is hard enough to get a workmans\u2019 comp package even with the advice and counsel of a good attorney. Don\u2019t shoot yourself in the foot to try and make the point.Source:\u00a0Fox 45, \u201cBaltimore City Detective Convicted on Perjury, Misconduct Charges\u201d No author given, Aug. 21, 2013"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"One Way Not to Claim Workers\u2019 Compensation","item":"https:\/\/greenberglawyers.com\/blog\/one-way-not-claim-workers-compensation\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]