Pacificare Life & Health Fined $173 Million Over Bad Faith Lawsuit

California’s 26 year-old rule penalizing insurance companies for treating customers unfairly during the claim settlement process has been upheld by a State Appeals Court. The Fourth District Court of Appeals upheld allowed insurance commissioner Dave Jones to impose as much as $173 Million in fines against PacifiCare. The insurance company

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No Helmets + No Training = Increased Injuries And Death

This past week Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2989 written by Heath Flora with support from Bird, one of the state’s leading e-scooter rental companies. This bill permits riders over the age of 18 to ride a motorized scooter without a helmet and increased the maximum speed of

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Local Senior Care Facility Faces Fines After Falls And Death

Carlton Senior Living has been fined $10,000 after the California Department of Social Services concluded Carlton failed to provide the proper and necessary care and supervision of a patient. Carlton’s failure lead to 24 falls, numerous injuries and the eventual death of Alan Nelson. Nelsons Doctor prescribed the placement of

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Are Rented Electric Scooters Coming To Our Area?

Electric Scooters have been a controversial and dangerous addition to many big cities and the companies renting these are looking to expand in our area. Companies with fun names like Bird, Ofo, Mobike and Jump are renting these electric scooters by the minute and all you need is a cell

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Construction Company President Arrested In Employee Death

The President of LC General Engineering & Construction Company and 2 employees have been arrested due to their connection with the death of a worker crushed by a steamroller in 2016. Michael Sommer, President, Project Manager Manuel Silao and Construction Foremen Ramiro Pena-Pena allegedly allowed an unqualified and untrained worker

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How To Determine If Your Minivan Or SUV Has A Brake Recall

Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 154,000 Jeep and Dodge vehicles because of a brake-system issue. The automaker reports a faulty brake-system component installed on some vehicles earlier this year may cause bubbles to form in the brake fluid, which could increase stopping distances. At this point in time there

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PG&E… Fire Victim Or Fire Cause?

In 1952 PG&E dumped over 370 million gallons of wastewater laced with Chromium-6 into the wastewater supply of towns like Hinckley and Kettleman City. PG&E failed to inform and lied about this until 1987. PG&E blamed everything but their own behavior for increased cancer rates and birth defects until 1996

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New Roundabout Brings New Problems

There is a brand new roundabout opening on August 6, 2018 at Sheldon and Bradshaw. It’s a long held opinion of many traffic engineers that roundabouts may be safer than traditional intersections in many ways. One study of 144 roundabouts in Minnesota showed the fatal crash rate was reduced by

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