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From Around California & Around The Nation.
 

Why do we take the time to search out these stories about Workers Compensation from all around the country, and Canada too? Simply put, we want you to understand that this Workers Compensation epidemic is a national problem, not just a California problem. Employers and insurers will simply stoop to the lowest of lows to try to beat an injured worker out of his guaranteed benefits.

Understand the reality; Workers Compensation is no longer about taking care of the injuries of injured workers and getting them back to work as it is supposed to be, it's about money and power and who has it and who uses it to influence state legislators.

It's about those who don't think twice about convoluting and bastardizing this system to meet their goals. It's about unfeeling, uncaring corporate entities who care about only one thing; their financial bottom line.

We have the power to get the truth out there where all can see it. Help us get it where all can see. Read on.....

 

[Minnesota] Is Workers' Comp Falling Down On The Job?

[Florida] Governor Crist Won't Reappoint Workers' Compensation Judge!

[New Jersey] Trenton Approves Reforms To Workers' Compensation System!

[Pennsylvania] Stricken Firefighter Denied Workers' Compensation Claim!

[Alaska] Alaska Is Affected By Fraudulent Reporting Too!

[New Jersey] Injured Workers Simply Need More!

[North Carolina] North Carolina Police Officers Looking For Workers' Compensation Changes!

[New Jersey] Off-Premises Injury Compensable, New Jersey Judge Rules!

[Illinois] Howard Johnson Express Sued By Former Employee!

[General] Celebrity Circus Performers Get Injured On The Job Too!

[California] The Cost Of Justice!

[New York] Death Comes Cheap!

[California] Setting Limits In California!

[Rhode Island] Ex-Employer Says He Didn't Agree To Settlement With Injured Immigrant!

[California] Our Congratulations To Senator Loni Hancock!

[California] Are We Putting The Wolf In Charge Of The Henhouse?

[General] Employers Beware: The Lack Of Compassion Always Raises The Cost Of Worker Injuries!

[California] Department Of Insurance Advisory Task Force On Insurance Fraud Releases Report.

[North Carolina] Disability Cases Last Longer As Backlog Rises!

[Idaho] The Working Wounded!

[New Jersey] New Jersey To Consider Positive Reform For Their Workers' Compensation System!

[California] The "Job Killer": More BS From The Chamber Of Commerce!

[Colorado] Colorado Supreme Court: Employer Must Pay Suspended Workers Compensation Benefits To Worker!

[National] Pentagon Workers' Compensation Plan Blasted!

[California] Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely!

[California] Doctor's Book Helps Disabled Workers Face Challenges!

[California] The Perils Of Workers' Compensation!

[National] Wounded In War, Ill-Treated At Home!

[Washington] How To Stiff Immigrant Workers In Construction, Make Them "Business Partners!"

[General] Worker Safety Incentive Programs: Worker vs. Co-Worker?

[Georgia] Does Workers' Compensation Cover The Willful Acts Of Third Persons?

[National] Dogs Of War: Insurance? What Insurance!

[National] The Insurance Industry's 20 Year Plan, Part 2.

[New Hampshire] State Agencies In Joint Effort To Enforce New Workers' Compensation Law!

[National] Doctors Feel Push To Downplay Occupational Injuries!

[National] The Insurance Industry's 20 Year Plan!

[California] The Fraud We Face Daily In Workers Compensation In California!

[National] The Insurance Industry Master Plan!

[New Jersey] Politics Tangle A Safety Net For Workers Hurt On The Job!

[National] Workers Compensation Case Mis-Managers, Secret Spies For The Insurance Companies!

[California] Dying For Coverage In California!

[Minnesota] Former QPP Worker Fights For Workers' Compensation!

[Nebraska] Should Workers' Compensation Cover Mental Trauma?

[National] Insurers Faulted For Overloading Social Security!

[California] When District Attorneys Go Down The Road Of Fraud To Get Money To Fight Fraud!

[Arizona] Arizona Court: Off Duty Police Officer's Injuries Qualify For Workers' Comp.

[California] Schwarzenegger Administration To Join Legal Battle Against Health Insurer.

[Texas] Why Haven't The Department Of Insurance & District Attorneys Around The State Prosecuted A Workers Compensation Insurance Carrier For Fraud?

[California] Why Should Taxpayers Subsidize Private Insurance Companies?

[Maryland] Dentists Rarely Treat Workers' Comp Patients.

[National] Facing Disability In Federal FECA!

[California] Is It Time To Recall Governor Schwarzenegger?

[California] The Empire Strikes Back!

[Canada] Survey Finds Abject Poverty Among Injured Workers!

[Texas] Texas Court Switches Sides, OK's Workers' Compensation For Former NFL Star!

[Michigan] Insurance Company Doctors.

[Michigan] Insurance Company Doctors - Round 2.

[Florida] Patients: Doctor Denies Claims To Save Employers Money.

[Connecticut] Stamford Police Officer Dies From Injuries Sustained In 2003.

[General] Can Injured Employees Return To Work Successfully?

[North Carolina] Just One Replacement? They Come In Two's!

[Florida] Davie Police Officer Says He Was Fired After Debilitating Heart Attack!

[Florida] State Of Florida To Allstate: Tell Or Don't Sell Insurance In Our State!

[California] Arnie's Workers Compensation Solution!

[California] 1st District Court Of Appeals To Hear Challenge To 24-Visit Physical Therapy/Chiropractic Cap.

[Rhode Island] Injured Tree Worker Wins $30,000 Compensation Claim.

[Ohio] Ohio Supreme Court Bars Common Law Workers' Compensation Retaliation Claims.

[Texas] Judge Finds Texas Mutual Insurance Attempted To Defraud Court & Injured Worker.

[General] Shrinking Middle-Class; Shrinking Labor!

[South Carolina] South Carolina Employer Scam Thwarted!

[California] Court Curbs Insurers' Ability To Rescind Medical Policies.

[Oklahoma] Oklahoma Supreme Court Makes Exception To Statute Of Limitations.

[Ohio] Ohio Crack Dealer Loses Lifetime Disability Payments.

[California] Court Victory Is A First For Cell-Phone Programmers.

[California] California Temporary Total Disability, Mileage Rates Increasing Once Again.

[California] California Scheming: The State Fund Audit.

[California] Hey Steve Poizner, Get Your Head Out Of The Sand!

[California] Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Sentencing Of Bel Air Market Store Directors For Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud.

[Rhode Island] Undocumented Rhode Island Injured Worker Heads Home As Claim Proceeds.

[California] Outside Audit Of SCIF Shows An Insurer Run Amok!

[General] Paper Or Plastic?

[National] Journal Article Takes Aim At ACOEM.

[Vermont] Injured Fair Worker Stuck In Burlington.

[Tennessee] Court Ruling Will Force Companies To Rethink On-site Recreational Programs.

[California] Total Temporary Disability Rate To Increase In 2008.

[Utah] How Much Is A Miner's Life Worth?

[General] The Erosion Of Employment-Based Insurance: More Working Families Left Uninsured.

[National] Fed Up With FedEx! Manipulating The Law For Fun & Profit!

[Rhode Island] Rhode Island Judge Awards Workers' Comp To Illegal Immigrant!

[General] The Grinch Didn't Steal Christmas, He's Alive & Well At Social Security!

[California] "W" Is For Workers Compensation!

[California] Apportionment Attack Will Dismantle Reforms.!

[California] Workers Compensation Defense Case Negotiation Strategies.

[Indiana] Indiana Stripper's Injury Compensation Upheld By Apellate Court.

[Utah] Few Lawyers Willing To Represent Injured Workers. Rules Limit Amount Of Money Attorneys Can Collect.

[California] Are Politicians Really Idiots?

[Rhode Island] Edgar Velazquez: Maimed At Work, Then Deported, Fights Back In Court!

[General] Get Your George Bush, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Hilary Clinton Voodoo Dolls!

[Oregon] Workplace Violence, Workers' Compensation? No Way!

[California] Third-Party Administrator Industry Said To Be A Hotbed Of Fraud.

[General] Worker's Compensation Claimant Fraud: Red Flags.

[California] Workers' Compensation Bill Makes System More Fair.

[California] Federal Racketeering Lawsuits! A Possible Solution To Workers Compensation Insurer Fraud In California?

[California] Fraud Busters.

[California] Stop The Shenanigans.

[Canada] WCB Case Manager Avoids Jail In Scam For Heroin.

[Canada] The Ugly Truth About Canadian Health Care.

[California] Acupuncture's Winding Path Back To Workers' Compensation.

[California] Prosecution For Profit.

[California] Bel Air Managers Arraigned For Workers' Compensation Fraud.

[Rhode Island] Living Life With Pain, On Camera.

[Maine] Maine Man Trapped By Lobsters In Workers Compensation Fraud Case.

[California] Chronic Condition: With An Enloe Specialist's Departure, Long-term Workers' Comp Patients Have Nowhere To Turn For Pain Care.

[California] Workers Compensation Fraud: You Could Be The Next Innocent Victim!

[California] The Stark Realities Of California Workers Compensation From The Perspective Of An Injured Worker.

[California] Workers Compensation Fraud Conviction Against Injured Worker Anita Blick Vacated!

[California] Industry Needs Compromise Regarding SB 899.

[Maryland] Jury Backs Teacher Who Says Mold Made Her Ill!

[National] Injured Workers: Watch Out For CashCall.com.

[California] Another Ballot Initiative Attempt To Deny Justice To The Average Californian.

[California] CWCR's Mel Witt Retires At 81!

[Kentucky] Fired Kentucky Coal Miner Recovers $1.9 Million For Workers Compensation Discrimination.

[National] LEAKED INTERNAL MEMO; 'SiCKO' Has Capital Blue Cross Executive Scrambling To Respond.

[National] Delaware Supreme Court: Trial Court Must Answer Horseplay Question.

[National] Ill Lab Workers Fighting An Uphill Battle For Federal Compensation.

[California] WCRI Says Calif. Was Fastest Cost Cutter.

[National] SiCKO Opens Around The Country!

[California] Governor's True Colors In Workers' Compensation Cuts.

[National] Bush's Lack Of Compassion For Nuclear Workers.

[California] Commissioner Steve Poizner's Task Force On Insurance Fraud Holds Inaugural Session.

[Colorado] Worker With Hip Prosthesis Due Workers Compensation Benefits!

[California] Filmmaker Michael Moore To Testify At California Legislative Briefing On Health Care!

[Rhode Island] Edgar Velazquez: Maimed At Work, Then Deported.

[Florida] Miralink President Gets 14 years For Fraud!

[California] The Pigs Are Feeding At The Trough, And That Don't Smell Very Good!

[California] Workers Compensation Judges Rules Schwarzenegger Administration's Revision Of The Permanent Disability Schedule Invalid.

[California] The Workers' Compensation System Should Be Abolished: Today's California Supreme Court Decision--$3,360 For An Amputation.

[California] Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Care Plan Is Nothing But A Trojan Horse!

[California] Attorney General Jerry Brown OK's Workers Compensation Ballot Initiative. CIAW Gets Exclusive Television Interview with attorney Morris.

[California] Workers' Compensation Fraud By Employers Rising.

[California] Workers Compensation Fraud, Defined.

[Massachusetts] Perjuring Employer Sentenced To Write Essay On 'Integrity'.

[California] Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Calls For State Fund Reforms.

[California] Who Is Steve Poizner? An In-Depth Look.

[California] Workcompcentral.com President & CEO Speaks Out About White Collar Workers Compensation Fraud. Stop The Hypocrisy!

[California] Workcompcentral.com President & CEO Speaks Out About White Collar Workers Compensation Fraud. Let's Fight Workers Compensation Fraud Like Running A Business!

[New York] Buffalo Teacher Denied Workers Compensation After Beating By Student

[California] When Regulators Knock Twice; Fremont's At It Again!

[California] CA State Supreme Court To Hear Brodie-Welcher Oral Arguments On April 3rd.

[California] DWC Names Medical Guidelines Advisory Panel.

[California] The Realities Of The California Workers Compensation System.

[California] DWC Survey Just Released About Injured Workers Medical Care Is A Flawed Fairy Tale!

[California] Applicants' Attorney's Ballot Initiative May Roll Back SB899 Changes.

[California] The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers' Compensation Releases Updated Version Of It's Guidebook For Injured Workers.

[Tennessee] Tennessee Rakes In Penalties From Workers' Compensation Complaints.

[Connecticut] Stamford Firefighters Urge Reforms In Workers' Compensation.

[Canada] Canadian Injured Worker Fights 'Social' Discrimination.

[Missouri] Missouri Supreme Court Sets New Precedent With Workers' Comp Ruling.

[California] California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Meets With CIAW Members.

[General] Blue-Chip Insurance Companies Hungry For Premium Dollars Wound Up With Some Liabilities That Don't Smell Very Good.

[General] Reinsurance and Brokers, The Real White Collar Fraudsters?

[California] Putting A Price Tag On Fixing Schwarzenegger's Broken Leg.

[California] New Maximum Temporary Disability Rates & Mileage Fees Begin Effective January 1, 2007.

[California] Pre-Designate Your Medical Treatment Provider In Case Of A Work-Incurred Injury Or Illness, Or Get Stuck In Your Employer's Medical Provider Network.

[California] Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata Announces California State Senate Committee Chairs.

[Ohio] Court Rules Against Injured Worker - Employee Fired For Causing Own Injury Can Be Denied Benefits, Justices Say.

[California] What If Governor Arnold Broke That Femur At Work?

[California] San Anselmo Workers Compensation Claims Examiner, Napa Case Nurse Suspected Of Stealing $250,000.

[General] Back Pain Fact Sheet.

[General] Psychological Factors May Be The Root Of Back Pain.

[California] Scott Hayes, Founding Member Of California Injured Workers Coalition, Passes Away From Brain Cancer.

[California] Home Healthcare Workers Have Few Legal Protections; Accidents Just Waiting To Happen.

[California] The Race To The Finish. CIAW takes you to the Phil Angelides barbecue at the Sacramento Plumbers Hall.

[California] Peggy Sugarman Resigns From Voters Injured At Work (.org?).

[California] California State Supreme Court Justices Deny Defense Motion In $1 Billion Class-Action Lawsuit.

[California] Schwarzenegger Vetoes (SB840)Universal Health Care. Senator Kuehl's Statement on The Innacuracies of His Veto Message.

[California] Schwarzenegger Again Turns His Back On Working Californians and Vetoes Senate Bill 815.

[California] Know Your Rights: Short Videos To Help The Injured Worker.

[California] Terrorism, The 7th Day Adventists & The Placer County Courthouse 9/11 Connection.

[California] Schwarzenegger Health Care Veto Laden With Insurance Industry/HMO Scare Tactics.

[California] The Next Assault On Workers Compensation. This Article Is Over 8 Years Old & Nothing Has Really Changed.

[California] Injured On The Job Hosts Sam Gold & Steve Zeltzer Appear On KGO Radio On Sunday Morning, September 10, 2006 and Issue Challenge To The Gubernatorial Candidates.

[California] Most Of The Money Against The Clean Money Initiative, Proposition 89, Comes From Insurance Companies... I Wonder Why!

[California] Critics Say ACOEM Guidelines Don't Address Chronic Injuries Properly.

[California] Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi Announces Arrest of San Francisco Corporate Officer for 49 Felony Counts of Alleged Workers' Compensation & Employment Tax Fraud.

[California] Injured Worker Claims Harassment By His Employer; Causes Mental Illness In Employee.

[California] Workers Compensation Widows.. Injured On The Job Interviews Pat Goddard & Kelley Sedam.

[California] DWC Administrative Director Carrie Nevans Accuses Injured Workers Of Hijacking Public Meeting. An Injured Workers Response....

[California] Schwarzenegger Waters Down The Lemon-Aid In Car Buyers Bill Of Rights. Car Buyers; Injured Workers; Same Old Arnold!

[California] Medical & Medical-Legal Travel Expense Rates Increase.

[California] Highlights of the June 20, 2006 Fraud Assessment Commission Hearings in Sacramento.


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