Posts for April 28, 2005

The embattled administrative director of the California Division of Workers' Compensation, Andrea Hoch, was approved by the Senate Rules Committee and will go before the entire State Senate for a vote. Ms. Hoch has been serving as the acting director and unless ratified, here 1 year term will expire on May 3. There are rumors of a back-room deal between the Governor and committee...

Clifford D. Sweet III, former president of a defense attorneys groups, calls the new permanent disability schedule "socially unacceptable." He calls for the legislature to move quickly to fix the problem. Read the entire article here >>> (archived).