Taxicab leasing company Gulf Coast Transit Services LLC is entitled to reversal of a Mississippi Department of Employment Security board’s decision finding an employer-employee relationship existed with a taxi driver who had terminated his independent contractor agreement with GCTS and applied for unemployment benefits, a Mississippi court of appeal ruled. Substantial evidence didn’t support the agency’s finding of a relationship, where an investigation was conducted because no wages were recorded for the driver by GCTS, a tax field representative for MDES interviewed the driver and the company, the parties completed questionnaires, MDES received a copy of their independent contractor agreement, ...
A Delaware County doctor has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million back after admitting to filing more than 27,000 fraudulent Medicaid claims. Dr. Patrick Muffley, 56, of Lewis Center, pleaded guilt...