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Are California's Workers' Comp Troubles Over? SB 899 One Year Later

Features • April 18, 2005
It was about one year ago, on April 19, 2004, that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 899 into law, giving the state's beleaguered workers' compensation system a tremendous ...

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Subject: No applicant attorneys, but plenty of defense attorneys

Posted On: September 11, 2005, 10:38 am CDT
Posted By: Bill Crowell
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As a former applicant attorney who ceased practicing workers' comp law because the SB899 reforms reduced P.D., and therefore attorney's fees, to about 1/3 of their already low amounts, I realize many may feel I have no credibility in commmenting on SB899 because "my ox was gored". However, let me just point out one observation. The Schwartenegger administration announced that one of the intentions of SB899 was to "get attorneys out of the system". While I have noticed that many former applicant attorneys no longer praactice comp law, the defense firms still seem to be getting plenty of cases. Why would this be true, and what are the implictions of this for the fair delivery of benefits to injured workers?
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WHO ARE THEY KIDDING????? Jamie Tracey
Jun 2, 2009, 6:23 pm
RE: RE: SB899 Leamon Scott
Apr 26, 2009, 10:12 am
Live on 556.00 and no way to sue for negligence, thats 899 shannon
Sep 15, 2008, 11:43 pm
RE: SB899 Bill
Jan 28, 2008, 4:46 pm
RE: SB899 John Villagran
Dec 22, 2007, 11:03 am
SB899 DEE DEE
Jan 11, 2006, 9:24 pm
No applicant attorneys, but plenty of defense attorneys Bill Crowell
Sep 11, 2005, 10:38 am
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