CA Insurance Comm Candidate Calls For Investigations MOLD

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Press Release: CA Insurance Commissioner Candidate Padilla Calls For

Investigation Leading To Potential Prosecution Of Workers Comp Fraud By Toyota

of Poway Dealers

Posted on _08/16/2010_

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ealers/) by _katy_ (http://katysexposure.wordpress.com/author/katytx/)

_Press Release_ (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/08/15/18656136.php)

Padilla stated “The issue of illness from mold is a growing problem for

working people and the public in California. The cover-up by employers, the

insurance industry and unscrupulous property owners, property managers and

builders to deny liability for mold illness must end.†Candidate Padilla

also said “We cannot allow companies and their workers’ compensation

insurers

to shift their financial responsibility for the illnesses caused by their

actions onto the taxpayers of Californiaâ€.

Indybay 8/16/2010 Sacramento – _Dina Padilla_

(http://www.padilla4insurancecommissioner.com/index.htm) , candidate for

California Insurance

Commissioner, is calling for the investigation leading to potential prosecution

of

Toyota of Poway dealership owners Castro and Troy Duhon along with

general manager Rick Gallegher for workers’ compensation insurance fraud.

Current evidence strongly indicates the Poway car dealers knowingly

exposed many of their employees at the dealership to a contaminated

environment.

The workers say they have been sickened from the health hazard of mold at

the place of business. At least _one employee_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/7-8-16-10-tims-email-to-warn.p\

df) , who complained

about the health and safety problems in the Poway building, has been attempted

to be intimidated into silence by the organization’s _workers compensation

attorney._

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/6-fisher-phillips-threat-lette\

r.pdf) “This is an outrage and it is illegal.†Padilla

said.

The OSHA Complaint that has been filed against the Toyota of Poway

Dealership and may be read at the _Mold Truth_

(http://moldtruth.wordpress.com/)

blog specifically about this dealership’s handling of the problem.

Padilla warned that tens of billions of dollars in healthcare costs are

now being shifted to public agencies and state and federal disability

programs as a result of this type of scamming the system. This has been enabled

by

the _Schwarzenegger_

(http://newsblaze.com/story/20100518185022zzzz.nb/topstory.html) deregulation

of workers’ compensation insurance in 2004, Senate

Bill 899. Under the platform of “Workers Comp Reformâ€, this bill was

supported by nearly all the Democrats and Republicans in the legislature. Fifty

billion dollars have been given to private sector business in the name of

workers’ comp “reformâ€. California and its taxpayers are now twenty

billion dollars in debt.

“When private insurers and employers game the workers comp system, it is

the public who eventually gets stuck with the bill. This is because disabled

workers and their families end up getting their healthcare and income from

SSI and other public agencies. Their income is reduced or they lose it

entirely so they cannot contribute by way of taxes. We can no longer allow

these employers and insurance companies to rip-off the people of California,â€

Padilla stated. “The issue of illness from mold is a growing problem for

working people and the public in California and nationwide. The _cover-up_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/univofcaliforniaresponsetoach

emmic.pdf) by employers, the insurance industry and unscrupulous property

owners, property managers and builders to _deny liability for mold_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/5-15-10finalnoonletterwattachm\

en

ts.pdf) illness must end.â€

Padilla is calling for San Diego District Attorney, _Bonnie Dumanis_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/4-8-16-10-padilla-letter-to-da\

-

dumanis.pdf) , and California Insurance Commissioner, _Steve Poizner_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/3-8-16-10-padilla-letter-to-po\

i

ser-w-attachments.pdf) , to immediately launch an investigation of the

Toyota of Poway owners. She also is calling on Democratic Party Insurance

Commissioner candidate, Dave , and _other Insurance Commissioner

candidates_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/5-8-16-10-padilla-letter-to-th\

e-other-candidates.pdf) to support an investigation of the

dealership owners and management. She calls for investigation of rampant

employer/insurer fraud enabled by SB899. “If I become the Commissioner of

Insurance,

companies and their workers’ compensation insurers will no longer be able to

shift their financial responsibilities for the illnesses and injuries

caused by their actions onto the taxpayers of California,†said candidate

Padilla.

Padilla is also calling for the removal of the American College of

Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) regulations concerning mold

from

_California health policies. “ACOEM_

(http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/IAQ/Documents/moldInMyWorkPlace.pdf) is a

trade group of _workers comp physicians

with a long history_

(http://www.moldwarriors.com/SK/IJOEH_Oct07_LaDou.pdf) of representing the

interests of insurance companies, drug corporations

and employers in California and in other states. Well connected and well

funded, they have been able to insert regulations into California law that is

adverse to public health and safety. These regulations have no scientific

basis and protect only the profits of the insurers. They provide no

protection, treatment or restitution for injuries and illnesses due to mold.

The

conflict of interest and systemic corruption in California and the

resultant destructive legislation has harmed the people of California and must

be

overturned. I will work for the removal of ACOEM rules in workers

compensation laws and will fight to protect all Californians who are sickened by

mold

on the job and in their homes.†ACOEM writes the workers’ compensation

guidelines for the state under SB899.

Padilla is also calling for an investigation of the false claims made by

ACOEM of their purportedly scientific proof of lack of causation of

illnesses when mold is found in homes, schools and working environments; and of

their close affiliation to the _US Chamber of Commerce’s _

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/kelman-written-for-judges.pdf)

identical

stance on the matter that was written by the same authors. This call to action

by Padilla has been made to the _California Department of Justice_

(http://katysexposure.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/2-8-16-10-padilla-letter-to-br\

own.

pdf) , headed by Jerry Brown. Brown is the 2010 Democrat candidate for

California governor. If elected and in that capacity, he will also be

President of the Regents of the University of California (UC). According to

Padilla, “the ACOEM’s and the US Chamber’s white papers, that employers

and

workers comp insurers use nationwide as a purported scientific reason to deny

liability for illnesses caused by mold, carry the UC name in validation of

the purported, state of the art, environmental science of the US Chamber

of Commerce et.al.â€

“When misrepresentation is used to give insurers unfair advantage by

misleading California and US courts, that is blatant insurance fraud,

interstate,

†Padilla said. “ACOEM has well paid company doctors who provide

incorrect reports that justify denying healthcare and benefits for injured

workers

and the public. This organization needs to be investigated for corruption

and lying to the American people about environmental health threats to

protect the profits of it’s funders. They are aiding corrupt insurance

companies

to limit liability and assisting the numerous affiliates of the US Chamber

of Commerce to game the public in order to help the Chamber’s members,â€

said Padilla.

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