Justicia Legal Case Now Steeped In Discovery In Orange County By Lonce Lamonte - September 24, 2017 Phase one of the “Justicia Legal” case, which involves $300,000,000 in estimated losses to workers’ compensation and liability insurance payers, according to Orange County District Attorney, Tony Raukauckas, is now deeply ensconced in the discovery period.  11 complaints were filed against six cappers and 10 applicants’ attorneys on June 5th 2017.  Partner cappers Carlos Arguello III and Edgar Gonzales were recruiting and exploiting mostly Spanish-speaking-only clients to convert to fraudulent claimants from Los Angeles all the way down to the California-Baja California border for over a decade. Carlos Arguello and the four others in his clan who are named defendants in one complaint, and Edgar Gonzalez, his capper partner who is charged separately, illegally indulged in unlawful referral of clients-patients for monetary compensation from attorneys while improperly billing and filing liens for photocopy services.  Read More

Workers compensation guidance for Hurricane Harvey victims, evacuees: Property Casualty 360  August 31, 2017 In addition to its impact on Texans and their property, Hurricane Harvey has also had an impact on infrastructure and benefits programs, like workers’ compensation.

Returning home after Hurricane Harvey: Property Casualty 360  August 31, 2017 They Got Hurt At Work — Then They Got Deported: NPR News Investigations  August 16, 2017 Business: James Adonis asks if claiming workers compensation is career suicide: Sydney Morning Herald  August 4, 2017

Jeffrey Campau And Landon Mirallegro Amongst Six Medical Providers Just Suspended For Fraud By California's Division Of Workers' Compensation By Lonce Lamonte and Newsline from the California Dept of Industrial Relations - September 21, 2017 The California Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has suspended six more medical providers from... Read More

California Department of Workers' Compensation Posts Adjustments to Official Medical Fee Schedule (Hospital Outpatient Departments/ Ambulatory Surgical Centers) By Lonce Lamonte and Newsline from the California Department of Industrial Relations - September 19, 2017 The California DIR's Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has posted an order adjusting the Hospi... Read More

Who's Paying For These High Powered Lawyers? Prosecution Gives Court Heads Up About Conflict Of Interest In Criminal Organization Munir Uwaydah Case In Downtown L.A. By Lonce Lamonte - September 17, 2017 When the Reverend Sherry Schermbeck, Marisa Schermbeck Nelson’s former mother-in-law, asked this wri... Read More

Work Comp’s Retrospective Medical Bill Review And Payment Models Are Costing Payers, Providers And Injured Workers By Kenneth Farnham and Lonce LaMon, editor - May 4, 2017 To better illustrate the absurdity of the current, inefficient, misguided Workers’ Compensation bill... Read More

Christine Harris Moves To AIMs In Sacramento. She embarks on handling the claims for the judicial branch of the California workers' compensation program. By Lonce LaMon - June 1, 2017 Last month Christine Harris joined AIMs in Sacramento, California as a senior workers’ compensation ... Read More