Latest California Headlines
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Ballplayer Files Defamation Suit Against The Athletic in California
Apr 1 2022 // Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer sued The Athletic and former reporter Molly Knight, accusing them of “creating and spreading the false narrative” that he had fractured a woman’s skull during a...
$102M to Pay California Students Abused by Teacher
Apr 1 2022 // A jury has awarded $102.5 million to two women who sued a Northern California school district over what they said was officials’ failure to stop a middle school teacher from sexually grooming and abusing them as...
Fitch Downgrades California Earthquake Authority’s Ratings; Outlook Stable
Apr 1 2022 // Fitch Ratings downgraded California Earthquake Authority’s Issuer Default Rating and revenue bond ratings to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’. The Rating Outlook is Stable. The rating action follows the vote of...
ALKEME Acquires Snapp & Associates in California
Mar 31 2022 // ALKEME acquired Snapp & Associates Insurance Services in San Diego, California. Snapp & Associates serves a broad base of industries and has a specialty focus in risk management, insurance planning and employment...
Court Approves $18M Settlement with Activision Blizzard in California
Mar 31 2022 // U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered the consent decree between Activision Blizzard Inc. and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which includes $18 million in monetary and...
Report from California Watchdog Group Calls for Privacy Protections from Connected Cars
Mar 30 2022 // A new report from a consumer group calls out what it says are privacy problems posed for consumers from connected cars and it points to new rules to be developed in California as a potential model across the...
California’s Largest Wildlife Crossing to Reduce Animal Collisions
Mar 30 2022 // Groundbreaking is set for next month on what’s billed as the world’s largest wildlife crossing, a bridge over a major Southern California highway that will provide more room to roam for mountain lions and other...
ALKEME Acquires Pauli-Shaw Insurance Agency in California
Mar 28 2022 // ALKEME acquired Pauli-Shaw Insurance Agency in Arcata, California. Pauli-Shaw specializes in hospitality, transportation, construction, cannabis and manufacturing. Based in Ladera Ranch, California, and backed by GCP...
Report: Sharp Drop in California Workers’ Comp Independent Medical Reviews
Mar 28 2022 // A report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute on the state’s independent medical review process used to resolve workers’ comp medical disputes shows the number of IMR decision letters hit...
Former Licensed California Agent Faces Felony Insurance Fraud Charges
Mar 24 2022 // Formerly licensed California insurance agent has been charged with 11 felony counts including identity theft, grand theft and embezzlement after allegedly writing 162 fraudulent policies in an attempt to gain unearned...
California Lawmaker’s Bill to ‘Restore Ethics and Transparency’ at Department of Insurance Passes Committee
Mar 23 2022 // The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill aimed at the California Department of Insurance that its author says will “restore ethics and transparency to a state agency he said has been...
Freight Train Derails in California Sending 13 Rail Cars and Locomotives off Tracks
Mar 22 2022 // A Union Pacific freight train carrying lumber derailed in Southern California on Monday, sending 13 rail cars and three locomotives off the tracks. No injuries were reported after the derailment around 7:30 a.m. near...
Authorities Investigate California Crash Helicopter That Injured 6
Mar 22 2022 // Authorities on are investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter in Southern California mountains that left six people injured. The department’s Air Rescue 5 helicopter...
California Imposes New Round of Water Cuts to Deal with Severe Drought
Mar 21 2022 // California’s urban water users and farmers who rely on supplies from state reservoirs will get less than planned this year as fears of a third consecutive dry year become reality, state officials announced. Water...
People Moves: Thaler to Chair California Workers’ Comp Institute Board; Belk, Brady, Hansen, Mathis, Steiner, Zender on Executive Committee
Mar 21 2022 // Sharon Thaler, national director of workers’ compensation field underwriting operations at AF Group/CompWest, has been elected to chair the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board for 2022. Thaler was...
California Spraying Company Found Liable for Pesticide Drifts
Mar 21 2022 // A Northern California pesticide spraying company was negligent on at least five occasions its helicopter pilots allowed the toxic chemicals to drift onto neighboring orchards, children playing soccer and a woman standing...
Medical Access in California Workers’ Compensation Examined
Mar 21 2022 // A California Workers’ Compensation Institute study shows injured worker access to medical care for initial treatment was relatively consistent between 2010 and 2020. CWCI used data from more than 1.5 million job...
Investigation Blames California Zip-line Worker Fatality on Safety Failures
Mar 21 2022 // A federal workplace safety investigation found that a 34-year-old worker’s fatal fall might have been prevented had the operator of a Pauma Valley, California, zip-line attraction implemented required safety...
Jury in California Awards $85M in Death of Man Following Arrest
Mar 18 2022 // A jury has awarded $85 million in the death of a man who was restrained by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies in 2015. The federal jury on Tuesday found for the family in a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit...
California State Fund to Return $55M to Businesses
Mar 17 2022 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund on Thursday announced plans to distribute a roughly $55 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders with policies that took effect between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31,...
