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Government

May 14, 2007

Workers' Compensation Jurist Tosses Key Aspect of Reforms

SACRAMENTO - A judge has thrown out a key workers' compensation reform that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the business community have been hailing as driving down the spiraling costs of insuring workers for injuries.

By Linda Rapattoni
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SACRAMENTO - A judge has thrown out a key workers' compensation reform that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the business community have been hailing as driving down the spiraling costs of insuring workers for injuries.
      Judge Jacqueline Duncan of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board ruled May 9 that the state had failed to base its new rating...

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