Quote of the day
"I had farmers call with tears in their eyes from happiness when we walked out of court on Friday. The farmers were freaking out."
Mordechai Orian, chief strategic officer of a Los Angeles-based immigrant labor firm that was ordered in June to shut down its Hawaii operations for failing to provide workers' comp coverage, after a judge lifts a temporary restraining order
Chairman Joe Miller: 13 Months and Still Counting
WCAB Chairman Joe Miller says there’s more to come that may change the landscape yet again. Read all about it in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Medical Transportation: Another Cost Driver Rears Its Ugly Head
Defense attorneys say it’s an old game, but it’s back with new intensity. With workers’ comp reforms, some of the seedier stakeholders in the California workers’ comp system are trying to pad their incomes at the expense of everyone, including injured workers. Get the skinny in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Publius: The Long Hot Summer
The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association keeps finding new ways to go from the proverbial frying pan and into the fire. But are CAAA’s missteps or those of its individual members any different from say those that represent industry special interests? Publius gives you his perspective on the now infamous Stern e-mail flap. Click here to read this free article.
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Proof of Coverage Bill Has Employers on Edge
A proof of workers’ comp coverage database is just what the doctor ordered to combat fraud, proponents say. But will this legislative approach work, or will it burden employers and the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau? What do they think in the governor’s office? Find out in the current edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Employers Paid Out More in Workers’ Comp Costs Than Benefits
Employers are paying out less in benefits, but they paid out more in workers’ comp costs in 2004, according to the National Association of Social Insurance. Where does California fit into all of this? Get all the numbers in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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Year-End Results in the Workers’ Comp Market
The California workers’ comp market keeps getting better. Find out where the carriers stack up in our 2005 year-end results in the current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive
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To Decrease Rates or Not to Decrease Rates
That is clearly the question. Also, if you wonder what’s happening to rates for January and to the soft market in general, the answer can be found in this informative article featured in current print edition of Workers’ Comp Executive.
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San Mateo County Settles Claim with Former Deputy
San Mateo County will pay a 55-year-old former sheriff’s deputy more than $36,000 to settle back pay and attorneys’ fees arising out of her workers’ compensation claim. The two-decade veteran of county employment contended that benefits were withheld for months after the county allegedly forced her into medical retirement in June 2005. By Michelle Durand, San Mateo Daily Journal
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Secret Service Snagged Suspected Data Thief
A 28-year-old Michigan man stands accused of possessing stolen data on more than 112,000 workers compensation claimants who were customers of Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance. The computer programmer/consultant was caught after offering to sell some of the information to an undercover U.S. Secret Service agent, according to the grand jury indictment. By Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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Immigrant Labor Firm Can Resume Hawaii Operations
Right in time for the macadamia nut and coffee seasons in Hawaii, a California-based immigrant farm labor company that a judge ordered to shut down in June for not providing workers’ compensation insurance is allowed to resume operations. By Allison Schaefers, Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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Self-Insurance Pool Lauds One Texas County’s Achievements
Rusk County, Texas taxpayers will realize substantial savings as a result of recent safety achievements of county employees, officials say. The Texas Association of Counties, which administers a workers’ compensation self-insurance pool, recently recognized the county for being in the top 15 percent for safety and for controlling workers’ comp claims. By June Thompson, Henderson Daily News
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