SERVICES:
The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) seasoned staff of investigator’s have the experience and training to provide expert investigative witness testimony in all Courts and Administrative Hearings.
Listed below are some examples of the investigative services we provide. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us for a FREE CONSULTATION.
Claim Analysis and Evaluation:
We have extensive knowledge of multi-jurisdictional claims handling, providing our clients with a detailed claim analysis and action plan.
Insurance Fraud and Disability Investigations:
Insight into the claimant’s alleged injury or disability.
Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations:
Employers, claims adjusters, third party administrators, and self-insurers use our Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigation Services to assist in identifying and documenting fraudulent claims. Our detailed reports are easy to read and accurately reflect the facts.
Surveillance Documentation Team:
Our Surveillance team, using state of the art equipment, obtains covert video and/or photographs of the subject or claimant’s exact physical activities giving you the unbiased evidence necessary to make an informed claim decision.
AOE/COE Investigations:
Deciding whether to accept an Arising Out of Employment (AOE) or Course of Employment (COE) Worker’s Compensation Claim, and initiate payment of benefits, requires a thorough investigation. You need conclusive evidence the injured worker was an employee of the company at the time of injury or illness. You also need to know if the injury or illness arose out of, and in the course and scope of, the injured worker’s employment.
Background Investigations and Record Searches:
Specific to your needs. Information from both public and private sources including our national online databases.
Subrogation Investigations:
The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) can help you obtain the information you need to determine the feasibility of recovering monies for damages caused by a third party. We have the knowledge and experience to assist you to make an accurate assessment of the third party’s ability to pay for damages incurred.
Statements:
Detailed in-person or telephone interview with the subject or claimant covering material specific to your needs.
Litigation Support:
We have extensive background in Litigation Support. You apply the law or the circumstances and we will investigate and supply all the facts! Clear and concise facts that will help you build the strongest case possible.
Premises Liability:
Property owners have a duty to maintain a safe environment for visitors and address potential dangers in a timely manner.
If a business is located in a high-crime area, owners have a duty to protect tenants or visitors with guards or patrols, gates or security doors, security cameras, or other measures.
The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) has many years and the experience needed in investigating Premises Liability and Negligent Security types of claims.
FELA Investigations:
The Federal Employer’s Liability Act (FELA) was enacted by Congress in 1908 to provide benefits for railroad workers who sustain injuries in the scope of their employment. Unlike State Worker’s Compensation laws which provide benefits on a no-fault basis, FELA is based on the principles of fault. To recover damages in this type of claim, the injured railroad worker must establish that the railroad caused or in some way, contributed to the accident. The monetary awards by a Judge or Jury in a FELA claim or lawsuit to which an injured railroad worker or family may be entitled to receive under FELA, are not capped.
The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) has acquired extensive experience in defense investigations for our clients whose claims fall under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act. (FELA).
The National Fraud Investigative Service seasoned staff of investigators’ have the experience and training to provide expert investigative witness testimony in all Federal Employer’s Liability Act. (FELA) claim investigations.
The Long Shore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act:
The Long Shore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act is a federal workers’ compensation scheme that provides far greater benefits then those available to workers’ under Workers’ Compensation statutes.
A longshoremen or harbor worker can recover 66 2/3% of their average weekly wages. In addition, a longshore or harbor worker would be entitled to have their employer pay for all medicals that are related to the injury sustained during work.
Aside from the obvious advantages, the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act provides weekly benefits under a special section of the Act, a person injured as a result of the negligence of the vessel upon which they are working, may be entitled to sue that vessel and the vessel’s owner for any negligence causing injury.
This is a similar cause of action to the Jones Act in that the injured worker would be able to recover for pain and suffering, mental and emotional anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and past and future lost wages, if the employee is injured as a result of a vessel’s negligence. The injured longshoremen would be able to recover these additional damages on top of the weekly benefits and medical benefits owed under the act. This provides the injured worker substantial recovery that would otherwise not be available under many bodies of law.
Any person working on a fixed platform would qualify as longshoremen, under operation of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). This means that any person injured on one of these offshore platforms, should qualify to receive the increased benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, rather then settling for state workers’ compensation. In addition, any person engaged in the loading or unloading of vessels, ship building, ship repair or ship servicing, should qualify as a longshoremen and harbor worker.
The National Fraud Investigative Service seasoned staff of investigators’ have the experience and training to provide expert investigative witness testimony in all The Long Shore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claim investigations.
Jones Act (The Merchant Marine Act of 1920):
In the maritime industry, many people are employed to work on and aboard vessels of various types. These workers are entitled to take advantage of an unique body of law called the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, or the Jones Act. Unlike nearly every other body of law, the Jones Acts allows an injured worker to sue his employer for the employer’s or the co-employees negligence occurring during work. An employer has a duty to exercise care by providing a reasonably safe work environment, training about safety in the workplace, and by providing adequate equipment. The Jones Act allows an injured worker to sue his employer for:
-Pain and suffering
-Mental and emotional anguish
-Past lost wages
Unlike workers’ compensation insurance, which only allows for workers’ compensation benefits, the Jones Act offers an injured employee a far greater scope for recovery. The Jones Act applies to employees who are injured in the service of a vessel or fleet of vessels, when they contribute to the mission of this vessel. Under current law, a vessel includes, jack-up rigs, semi-submersible rigs, ships, drill barges, river casino’s, tug boats, shrimp boats, fishing boats, trollers, tankers, crew boats, utility boats, offshore support vessels, and water taxies. If the injured worker is working aboard one of these vessels, and their work contributes, in any way, to the overall mission of that vessel, then they are entitled to sue their employers and/or co-employees for injuries resulting from their negligence.
In addition to workers injured aboard vessels, people who spend more then 30% of their time aboard an identifiable vessel or fleet of vessels, may qualify as a Jones Act seaman, even if they were hurt while on land or while traveling to work aboard these vessels. A Jones Act seaman does not lose his status as a seaman, simply because he was injured on land.
A lawsuit for a Jones Act seaman against his or her employer means a greater recovery of damages that may otherwise be unavailable under most other bodies of law.
The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) staff of investigators’ have the experience and training to provide expert investigative witness testimony in all Jones Act claim investigations.
Fraud / Embezzlement Investigations:
An estimated $600 billion in company or $4,500 per employee revenues were lost in 2002 due to fraud, making fraud and embezzlement workplace investigations critically important. Using proven methods, our experienced investigator’s and Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE’s) will provide you with solutions to this complex problem. Our efforts include the investigation of occupational fraud and various forms of white-collar crime.
Theft Investigations: Internal and External
Detailed investigations specific to your individual and unique needs.
Specialized Investigations:
Customized investigations ranging from simple and complex fraud to civil and criminal investigations.
Contact The National Fraud Investigative Service (NFIS) TODAY for a FREE CONSULTATION.
