CAAA Banking on CA Employees to Defeat Initiatives

The California Applicant Attorneys Association yesterday held a teleconference to mark the passing of Governor Schwarzenegger's March 1 deadline on workers' compensation reform, stating that the organization would do what was necessary to prevent "bad changes quickly".Art Azevedo, CAAA's president, said the road to the present system's problem was a long one, and the product of "stupid ideas creating stupid results", a reference to the 1993 introductions of the primary treating physician's presumption and deregulation of carriers.Stating that the Governor's approach was a good way to "deform" ...