CAAA Women’s Caucus & Women’s Legislative Caucus to Co-Host California Working Women’s Injuries Symposium: Causes, Consequences & Prevention MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 SACRAMENTO, CA - The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association’s (CAAA) Women’s Caucus today announced a “Working Women’s Injuries Symposium: Causes, Consequences and Prevention,” co-hosted by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, to examine the causes of working women’s on-the- job injuries, and build upon recent research to generate policies and practices to reduce, and better address, women’s workplace injuries. “We are excited to join together...
Injured Workers’ Advocates to Convene, Release eBook, Examine Women’s Workplace Injuries MEDIA ADVISORY FOR : Thursday, January 23, 2014 Rancho Mirage, CA - The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians injured on the job, will convene more than 1,000 workers’ compensation professionals, the overwhelming majority advocates for Californians injured on the job, in Rancho Mirage for a four-day convention beginning Thursday, January 23. “Our Winter Convention will be one of our largest ever, and will feature numerous panels addressing a wide range of issues,” said CAAA President Jim Butler.
Operating Room Nurse’s Injury no Emergency to Kaiser, Insurer: Defy Judge’s Order, Refuse to Provide Urgent Medical Care Injured Workers’ Advocates to Seek Penalties, Investigation Why are there no effective penalties when workers’ compensation insurance companies harm patients through delaying and denying medical care? MEDIA ADVISORY FOR : Wednesday, October 23, 2013 SAN DIEGO, CA – The California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians injured on the job, have announced a news conference for Wednesday, October 23 at 11:00 am, outside Kaiser Foundation Hospital to call for sanctions against, and an investigation into, serious and willful misconduct by the company’s workers’ compensation insurer.
Injured Workers’ Advocates to Seek Penalties, Investigation: Lyons Magnus Insurer’s Ten-Year Failure to Provide Medical Care, Disability Compensation Drives Fresno Woman into Homelessness, Loses Custody of Children. Insurer Also Contributed to Death of Ventura Co. Man Why are there no effective penalties when workers’ compensation insurance companies harm patients through delaying and denying medical care? MEDIA ADVISORY FOR : Tuesday, August 6, 2013 FRESNO, CA - The Fresno Chapter of the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association (CAAA), whose members represent Californians injured on the job, have announced a news conference for Tuesday, August 6, at 11:00 am,...
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, ...
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, 2013SACRAMENTO, 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 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 ...