County worker failed to show retaliation for comp claim On Business Insurance - October 3, 2019 A former county employee failed to show her termination was due to her workers compensation claim, patient advocacy and complaints about health and safety issues.   In Riley v. County of El Dorado, a three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeals, 3rd District in Sacramento unanimously affirmed a trial court’s dismissal of the worker’s claims of retaliation and wrongful termination under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Link To Article

Exam Doesn’t Find Cause of California Dive Boat Fire On Insurance Journal - September 30, 2019 U.S. investigators who examined the burned-out wreckage of a scuba diving boat have not been able to determine what ignited a fire that killed 34 people off the California coast, a law enforcement official said Friday, but two inquiries are still searching for answers. Link To Article

Study Examines California Workers Comp Hospital Inpatient Stays On Insurance Journal - September 30, 2019 The number of California workers’ compensation inpatient hospital stays fell 1.9 percent between 2017 and 2018, for a net decline of nearly 31 percent since 2010, a new study shows. A study from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute traces much of that drop to a declining number of hospitalizations related to musculoskeletal disorders, including spinal fusions. Link To Article

Death Toll from Northern California Wildfire Back Down to 85 On Insurance Journal - September 26, 2019 The number of those who died in California’s deadliest wildfire is back down to 85 after authorities determined that a bone fragment previously classified as unidentified belongs to a victim named in January. The Butte County Sheriff’s office said that the number of unidentified victims from the November 2018 Camp Fire now stands at one. Link To Article

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