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Media Advisory: Injured Workers’ Advocates to Seek Criminal Penalties for Death After Insurer’s “Callous Indifference, Reckless Disregard of Care” MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, June 20, 2013 VENTURA, CA – Several attorneys from the Central Coast Chapter of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians injured on the job, have announced a press conference for Thursday, June 20, at 10:00 am, ...

 

Media Advisory: Injured Workers Advocates to Host Women’s Caucus Breakfast; Call for end to Constant Delays and Denials of Medical Care; Insurance Carrier Malfeasance MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, May 14, 2013

SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA) Women’s Caucus, whose members represent Californians injured on the job, will host a breakfast with members of the Legislature’s Women’s Caucus on Tuesday, May 14th, ...

 
 
Media Advisory: Clovis Athlete Zack Follett to ask Assem. Perea:Why help Detroit Lions deny care for my injuries?AB 1309 takes side of billionaire owners vs. players Former Detroit Lions Player to Oppose AB 1309
MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Friday, April 19, 2013 FRESNO, CA – Clovis resident Zack Follett, a former Detroit Lions linebacker who would be barred by AB 1309 (Perea) from filing a California claim against the Lions’ workers’ compensation insurance carrier ...
 
 
Monday, June 8, 2009 Injured Workers, Labor, Doctors, Consumers to Oppose Workers Compensation Insurance Rate Increase Leaders of labor unions, consumers, injured workers and their advocates, and...
Published 06-05-2009 10:36 AM by caaaAdmin
 
 
SACRAMENTO, CA – Todd McFarren, the president of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians injured on the job, said today that the workers’ compensation insurance companies’ proposed...
Published 03-27-2009 9:56 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
On Wednesday, March 25th, Sen. Mark DeSaulnier will present to the Senate Industrial Relations Committee his SB 145, sponsored by the California Applicants Attorneys Association (CAAA) to ban race, gender and age discrimination in awarding disability...
Published 03-27-2009 9:52 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
Sacramento, CA - Injured workers' advocates today questioned the Schwarzenegger Administration's "highly irregular and inappropriate" attempts to influence the outcome of a pending Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) decision allowing...
Published 03-27-2009 9:45 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
News Media Advisory: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Contact: Steve Hopcraft 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Injured Worker’s Family to Lose Temporary Disability: Insurance Carrier’s Delays of Medical Care to Put Sacramento Family Out in the Cold...
Published 12-23-2008 4:50 AM by caaaAdmin
 
 
Do You Want To Help Yourself And Others So That They Will Get What’s Fair? Well, Here Is Your Chance. The Administrative Director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, the person who is responsible for changes in the way disabilities are...
Published 07-20-2008 12:32 AM by caaaAdmin
 
 
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Steve@hopcraft.com Contact: Steve Hopcraft, 916/457-5546; Steve@hopcraft.com ASSEMBLY INSURANCE COMMITTEE TO VOTE ON DISABILITY BENEFITS BIAS BAN, PERMANENT DISABILITY COMPENSATION; Senate Rules Committee...Published 06-25-2008 9:01 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Contact: Steve Hopcraft, 916/457-5546; Steve@hopcraft.com San Diego Union Tribune State Senate alters limits on workers' comp ASSOCIATED PRESS March 11, 2008 SACRAMENTO – The state Senate approved...
Published 03-11-2008 1:04 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Contact: Steve Hopcraft, 916/457-5546; Steve@hopcraft.com BILL WOULD BAN BIAS IN DISABILITY BENEFITS: Migden Bill to Prohibit Insurers from Penalizing Women, Ethnic Minorities, Older Workers; Millions...
Published 02-12-2008 12:59 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 Contact: Steve Hopcraft, 916/457-5546; Steve@hopcraft.com Appeals Court To Hear Discrimnation Case Injured workers, AARP: Insurers Penalizing Women, Older Workers, Millions of Dollars withheld each Year...
Published 11-20-2007 12:18 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 
NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Thursday, June 9, 2005 Contact: Steve Hopcraft (916) 457-5546 Steve@hopcraft.com What's Up with Worker's Comp? Injured Workers, Experts to Brief News Media After a year of misery, unprecedented in its harm to injured workers...
Published 06-09-2005 2:11 PM by caaaAdmin
 
 

 

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