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In a story featured on May 10, 2018, founding partner Keith P. More and his Client Eleuterio Covarrubias Acevedo were interviewed by Randy Mac of NBC 4 News. Eleuterio was badly injured in a trucking accident back in 2013 that caused the loss of his leg.  Mr. More has been fighting the fight against California’s flawed Worker’s Compensation System and will be petitioning a judge to rule for a new prosthetic. Click HERE for more on the story. Read More

Los Angeles, CA – June 20, 2017 – A Los Angeles Superior Court judge sided with more than 130,000 class members, all CalPERS Long Term Care policyholders, in their class action against CalPERS for unjust premium increases, permitting their claims to proceed to trial. The class action stems from CalPERS’ decision in 2013 to raise premiums for its Long-Term Care insurance on more than 130,000 policyholders across California.  Many of those po... Read More

The Stockton Record covers the wrongful death case of Abelino Cordova-Cuevas and concerns about the Coroner’s handling of the autopsy. Bentley & More partner Greg Bentley quoted.  Click HERE to read more. Read More

Furthering the story of the wrongful death of Abelino Cordova-Cuevas, Greg Bentley and KQED News shed light on the impropriety of the San Joaquin Coroner's Office failure to produce a key document confirming the manner of this City of Stockton police officer-involved death as a homicide. KQED News uncovers this was not the first time Sheriff Moore overrode the pathologist's assessments. Follow the story HERE Read More

Greg Bentley and Keith More of Bentley & More LLP settled a $30 million catastrophic personal injury case on behalf of a woman who was severely injured when a piece of a garbage truck broke off on the 22 freeway and came crashing through her windshield, striking her directly in the face. In November of 2015, a then-26-year-old woman was driving her car on the westbound 22 freeway in Garden Grove, CA, when the drive shaft of a garbage tr... Read More

Jaimi Groothuis was sworn in as President of the Orange County Women Lawyers Association on December 12, 2017. Ms. Groothuis joined Bentley & More LLP in 2010, and has successfully recovered millions of dollars for her clients in large and catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, premises liability and products liability cases. She is committed to advocating for clients injured as a result of individual or corporate wrongdoing and ... Read More

The Daily Journal has named its 75 Top Labor & Employment Lawyers in the state of California for 2017. With this prestigious honor, Keith More was the only Workers Compensation attorney named.   Read More

SAN DIEGO, June 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Bentley & More LLP, in conjunction with Berman & Riedel, LLP, filed an insurance bad faith lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court, alleging that Preferred Contractors Insurance Company RRG refused to settle claims against PCIC's insured, Online Builders, abandoned its insured just before trial, and failed to attend a scheduled arbitration, which resulted in a judgment in excess of $67 million. ... Read More

    Orange County workers' compensation lawyer Keith More with Bentley & More LLP relates his first experience with workers' compensation cases and the legend of his mentor Norm Berman. Read More

On Thursday, March 2, 2017, the world lost a beacon of hope and perseverance when my friend and client Dwight Johnson passed away.  Dwight’s life and story are amazing, and are ones I feel obligated to share. Dwight, a hard-working father of 7, made his living inspecting skyscrapers, and worked on some of the most recognized buildings in the world. Our paths first crossed when Dwight came to me following the amputation of his leg after an ... Read More

Out-of-state doctors deciding treatment for injured California workers? In California, when someone is injured on the job, that individual will be eligible to receive workers' compensation benefits while he or she is unable to work. Employers will be required to pay for the individual's medical care, but there are specific procedures in place that may limit an employee's ability to seek the treatment that is needed to help recover from th... Read More

The claims of vaping proponents are common enough: that it is an alternative to traditional cigarettes, and a safer, cleaner way to get a nicotine fix than traditional tobacco products. Combined with claims that vaping also can be a smoking cessation device, sales of electronic cigarettes (“e-cigs”) have exploded in the last decade. An e-cig offers doses of nicotine with a vaporized solution, providing a physical sensation akin to tobacc... Read More

Bentley & More and CAOC President Gregory L Bentley presenting today at the Consumer Attorney of California Donald L. Galine Hawaii Travel Seminar at the Fairmont Kea Lani, Maui, Hawaii. Greg discussed "Strategies on Effectively Handling the Unusually Susceptible Egg-Shell Cases." Read More

Insurance companies use Utilization Review (UR) to deny and delay needed medical care. The care is usually recommended by the company's own chosen doctor. Without consequences or effective penalties, insurance is out of control. It has real impacts on injured workers. Donovan Dixon's story follows About Me:  My name is Donovan Dixon. I'm 41 years old, and I live in Bakersfield. My Job and What Happened: I worked for Pan Pacific Petr... Read More

Workers' compensation claims in California are again on the rise. With construction in the state increasing along with overall job numbers, more workers are becoming injured on the job. And according to the California Workers' Compensation Institute, work injury claim payouts will increase in 2016. In 2015, the maximum workers' comp benefits a worker can receive are $1,103 per week. In 2016, CWCI expects that to increase to $1,128 per week f... Read More

Clip from Article on New Jersey 101.5 by reporter David Matthau Greg Burdash, a married father of two living in the Camden County borough of Berlin, said he gave vaping a chance in order to quit smoking cigarettes and save his health. But on Sept. 29, during a break at work, the e-cig battery he had in his pocket exploded. Burdash was rushed to the hospital suffering from debilitating third-degree burns over 20 percent of his body. ... Read More

Orange County personal injury attorney Greg Bentley of Bentley & More LLP partners with Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law to bring law suits against e-cigarette manufactures and distributors on behalf of 4 injured NJ vapers injured by exploding devices. Overview of NJ.com Article by Robert Sciarrino | NJ Advance Media Greg Bentley of Bentley & More LLP partners with Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law to bring law suits agai... Read More

Clip from Article on CBS Local Philadelphia by Stephanie Stahl, CBS 3 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Four lawsuits were filed locally on Thursday, for injuries related to electronic cigarettes. The vaping devices can explode and cause serious burns. They were supposed to be an alternative to smoking tobacco. Now e-cigarettes have become especially popular among high school students. Two of the suits filed today are on behalf of minors who w... Read More

It is a known fact among construction workers in California that their work is very dangerous. However, that does not excuse construction companies from responsibility when accidents happen on jobsites. Employers should make sure that their workers have safe environments in which to perform their jobs. Sadly, this does not always happen. Many accidents do occur, injuring or even killing innocent and hard-working construction employees. Ma... Read More

The Top Garden Grove Insurance Bad Faith Attorneys Insurance companies are notorious for treating their policyholders with contempt when a claim for benefits is made, making unreasonable offers, ignoring the insured, or wrongfully denying coverage outright. At Bentley & More, LLP, we strive to hold insurance companies accountable to their policyholders, forcing them to abide by their promises and pay the policy benefits that are owed.... Read More