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Labor/Employment

Feb. 13, 2008

Lawyers Seek Anti-Bias Bill for Injured Workers

SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by their failure to get permanent disability benefits boosted for injured workers, lawyers are seeking legislation to prevent insurers from considering gender, age and race as factors in determining benefits.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 2.

      SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by their failure to get permanent disability benefits boosted for injured workers, lawyers are seeking legislation to prevent insurers from considering gender, age and race as factors in determining benefits.
      Older women, African-American men and other injured workers have been ...

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