The Civil Justice Association of California is criticizing trial lawyers of trying to fill their pockets and is asking Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to protect consumers by vetoing a plan that would increase contingency fees in lawsuits involving MediCal patients. If …
The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law legislation that it said could encourage expansion of the workers’ compensation insurance market in California and, thus, provide greater insurance choices for businesses. ACIC …
California’s legislative session for 2007 ended with a flurry yesterday, but at least two priorities failed to materialize, causing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to call special sessions to focus on those issues. Topics remaining that need to be discussed include an …
Narin Leininger knows about the risks of talking on a cell phone or sending text messages while driving. The 16-year-old high school junior says he’d only use his phone behind the wheel in an emergency — a flat tire, traffic …
The National Interagency Fire Center has raised the national wildfire preparedness level to its highest degree to free up help from cooperating firefighting agencies at home and abroad in places such as Canada. Meanwhile, western states in particular are trying …
With major fires burning in more than a dozen states and officials on high alert for more, authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes and keep new ones from igniting, despite unfavorable weather and strained resources. The worst fires have …
With major fires burning in more than a dozen states and officials on high alert for more, authorities are scrambling to contain the blazes and keep new ones from igniting, despite unfavorable weather and strained resources. The worst fires have …
Gov. Charlie Crist announced California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger as a keynote speaker at Florida’s global climate change summit. The two-day conference will be held in Miami, July 12-13 in Miamil. “At Florida’s climate change summit, we will begin working on …
California’s Advisory Task Force on Insurance Fraud held its first meeting last week, with the goal of creating innovative methods to combat insurance fraud and forwarding an aggressive anti-fraud campaign introduced by the Commissioner. The Task Force’s members include leaders …
The California Supreme Court has ruled that workers’ compensation reforms adopted in 2004 do not supersede employer apportionment of compensation for permanent disability injuries. In reviewing cases from five workers’ compensation proceedings with two unifying aspects — the injured worker’s …
