Workers' Comp Reform: Winners and Losers; Inglewood Police Officers Win Discrimination Lawsuit; FilmWeek
Workers' Comp Reform: Winners and Losers
There is a new political action group of voters injured at work: VotersInjuredatWork.org They are protesting changes in the workers' compensation system that have been implemented to curb employers’ rising costs. Larry and experts take a look at who has been helped and who has been harmed by the changes to workers’ comp. Joining him is John Garamendi, State Insurance Commissioner and David Neumark, an economist with the Public Policy Institute of California. He is author of the PPIC’s report “The Workers’ Compensation Crisis in California: A Primer.” Also participating is KPCC Reporter Rachael Myrow, Rick Rice, Assistant Secretary of the California Workplace and Development Agency, Nicole Mahrt, spokeswoman with the American Insurance Association, and Steve Duncan, member of the Board of Directors of VIAW—Voters Injured at Work.
Inglewood Police Officers Win Discrimination Lawsuit
On Wednesday, a jury gave a financial award to two Inglewood police officers, including $1.6 million to former Inglewood police officer Jeremy Morse, who was terminated after being videotaped punching a black youth in the face. What does this jury award mean for police departments, who must discipline officers? What does it mean for the cities that are liable in such cases? And what does it mean for the officers themselves? Gary Fullerton, practicing attorney who often defends police officers, a former LAPD Detective, and the former director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, Laurie Levenson, Professor of Law at Loyola law School, and Mike Gennaco, Chief Attorney, Office of Independent Review for the LA County Sheriff’s Department, join Larry to discuss the case and its broader ramifications.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle with critics Peter Rainer of New York Magazine and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss the new film releases for this week including Assault on Precinct 13, Dolls, In the Realms of the Unreal, and The Big Red One: The Reconstruction.
Both the 5th annual 70mm Festival. and the Guy Madden film series with the American Cinematheque were also highlighted.
Peter Rainer's Top Ten List:
Sideways
Hero
Los Angeles Plays Itself
The Incredibles
The Return
Osama
Story of the Weeping Camel
Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Before Sunset
Bright Leaves