MARTINEZ — The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office today announced a $160,000 civil judgment against a Southern California trucking company with local contracts accused of failing to provide employees with workers' compensation insurance.

Nelson Francia, of Nelson Francia Trucking, had longtime bulk mail transportation contracts with the U.S. Postal Service's Richmond office. That gave local prosecutors jurisdiction to litigate the case under the state businesses and professions code, in cooperation with Postal Service inspectors and the state Department of Insurance.

Francia, who admitted no liability in the settlement, will be required to pay $50,000 in civil penalties and investigative costs. The remainder of the $160,000 judgment will be suspended unless he fails to secure permanent workers' compensation for employees as required by law, prosecutors said.


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