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California horse-racing industry seeks separate workers' comp fix
Sac Bee ^ | 4/3/04 | Beth Harris - AP

Posted on 04/03/2004 8:29:49 AM PST by NormsRevenge

Edited on 04/12/2004 6:08:00 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LOS ANGELES (AP) - California's costly workers' compensation system, the most expensive in the nation and one of the main reasons businesses threaten to relocate, has hit the state's horse-racing industry so hard that trainers and owners are seeking their own solution.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: calgov2002; california; horseracing; industry; seeks; separate; workerscomp
$25 billion-a-year system of treating work-related injuries is beset by costly claims and excess litigation

Geee, I wonder how many lobbyists for trial lawyers and the healthcare industries don't want to see it changed?

1 posted on 04/03/2004 8:29:50 AM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: *calgov2002; california
The public feeding trough.. Open for business as usual.
2 posted on 04/03/2004 8:30:36 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
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3 posted on 04/03/2004 8:31:20 AM PST by Support Free Republic (I'd rather be sleeping. Let's get this over with so I can go back to sleep!)
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They are welcome to come to Illinois that is if the Illinois Racing Commission and Gove Blago can get their thumb out of their you know what. I would enjoy betting on more high quality horses at Hawthorne and Arlington.
4 posted on 04/03/2004 8:34:57 AM PST by LauraJean (Fukai please pass the squid sauce)
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5 posted on 04/03/2004 8:39:57 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi Mac ... Become a FR Monthly Donor ... Kerry thread archive @ /~normsrevenge)
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fabian socialism again.
6 posted on 04/03/2004 8:53:22 AM PST by the irate magistrate
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