Miscellaneous

• Workers' Compensation Carriers Reaping Windfall Profits at the Expense of Workers, Employers

  Patrick DeBlase | October 19, 2006 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Despite huge windfall profits at the expense of injured workers, Callifornia's workers' compensation carriers are still shortchanging applicants on accepted injury claims. A class action lawsuit by Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, LLP seeks to restore injured workers their appropriate benefits under the law.In 2004, Governor Schwarzenegger pushed sweeping changes to the workers' compensation laws...

• 5 sexual abuse cases against Diocese of San Diego set for trial

  Paul Kiesel | October 18, 2006 11:34 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  The San Diego Union-Tribune reports today that 5 cases are scheduled for trial in early 2007 as part of the Southern California clergy abuse litigation against the Roman Catholic Church. The priests whose sexual abuse will be the subject of these San Diego trials include Patrick O'Keeffe, John Daly, Edward Anthony Rodrigue, William Kraft, and Franz Robier. Nicki Rister said she was 17 when the...

• Governor Schwarzenegger Flip-Flops on Corporate Responsibility Laws

  Elaine Mandel | October 16, 2006 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's ties to Big Business are in evidence again as the Governor flip-flops and vetos two bills he used to support.Court judgments punishing corporations that do things wrong sounds good, right? Not to California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, in a turnaround applauded by the business community, has vetoed two measures he once...

• Priest Abuse/Attorney Abuse talk about power

  Paul Kiesel | October 15, 2006 8:31 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Mexico bans attorneys who filed cases alleging priest abuse/priest molestation against the Mexican bishop and US Cardinal Roger Mahony from entering the country.Talk about power. In an unprecedented move, Mexico banned two American attorneys, as well as David Clohessy, the national director of the Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), from entering the country. Attorney Jeff...

• Forgive Us Our Trespasses

  Cheryl Buchanan | October 15, 2006 1:16 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  This Friday, the much anticipated documentary, "Deliver Us From Evil", opened at a limited number of theaters in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. Overall, the film which tells the story of pedophile priest, Oliver O'Grady, has been lauded by critics, nationally. The film depicts not only the heartbreaking journey of the victims and their familes, but also the cover-up by the Catholic Church...

• Wells Fargo Pays Workers It Cheated

  Elaine Mandel | October 10, 2006 6:16 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  If you or someone you know has not been paid for overtime, or been cheated out of break time or meal time, you may have a claim -- and you coworkers might too. These are called "wage and hour" claims, and Wells Fargo just settled one for $12.8 million.Some employers are required to give their hourly workers breaks, such as lunch breaks. Hourly workers are also required to be paid for their...

• Auto Accident Excess Insurance Coverage

  Paul Kiesel | October 08, 2006 7:11 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  Automobile excess or umbrella coverage is important to have when you're in an auto accident or involved in a car crash.In keeping with my insurance theme of two weeks ago, I want to urge you to consider purchasing an excess insurance policy, also known as an "umbrella" policy. Here's how these policies work: Let's assume your underlying liability insurance policy for any auto accident is...

• Local Negligence has Global Implications

  Cheryl Buchanan | October 08, 2006 1:37 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  A recent lawsuit naming both Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles and Cardinal Rivera of Mexico has brought new attention to the international connections in the global Catholic Church priest pedophilia crisis. Although the September filed lawsuit out of Mexico names Fr. Nicholas Aguilar-Rivera, the story is similar to Fr. Cristobal Garcia (who went back to the Phillipines) and Fr. Efrain Rozo Rincon...

• Independent Study Confirms Chemical Contamination from Rocketdyne Facility Continues to Threaten Simi Valley

  Michael Eyerly | October 06, 2006 10:18 PM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  On July 13, 1959 fuel rods in a nuclear reactor located at Rocketdyne's Santa Susana Field Laboratory melted down, releasing radioactive gases into the atmosphere. It was, perhaps, the single largest accidental release of radioactive emissions in this county, and very few people knew of it until 1979. That is because Rocketdyne, and its parent company Boeing Co., kept the nuclear accident a...

• Who Can't Handle the Truth?

  Cheryl Buchanan | October 01, 2006 1:47 AM | 0 CommentsLos Angeles, CA

  "In a letter sent to Lionsgate, the organization said 'the content is adult in nature, with overt comments about child molestation throughout.' The MPAA declined to elaborate on the specifics of the decision". -CNN.com 9/21/06 In an era where what is acceptable in mainstream entertainment continues to shock and amaze, it is interesting to see where the Motion Picture Association of America...