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On February 11, 2020, Bentley & More LLP Attorney Gregory L. Bentley interviewed with the Today Show regarding the firm’s fight for justice against multi-national breast implant manufacturer Allergan.  For decades, Allergan has been downplaying, diminishing, and casting doubt about the dangers of its BIOCELL Textured Breast Implants, which have subjected hundreds of thousands of women to the terror of Breast Implant Associated – Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma.  In July 2019, the FDA demanded a worldwide recall of those implants due to the danger of BIA-ALCL.  Firm client Hilary Corts was interviewed about the ongoing litigation and her experience with the flawed, dangerous Allergan implant.  A copy of the piece can be seen here:

A copy of the official Press Release can be seen here

Twice a year the leading workers’ compensation conference in California convenes in an educational conference comprised of the brightest & best the state has to offer. The CAAA is considered the Premier Workers’ Compensation Convention. The 4-day conference brings attorneys, physicians, employers and insurers together for an in-depth program designed to educate the diverse array of issues affecting the workers’ compensation industry by expanding the scope of worker protections and redefine a just system. Co-Founder of Bentley & More LLP, Keith More will be one of the expert panelists providing cutting-edge analysis on the topic of UR & IMR Determinations.  Keith has been one of the biggest players in Employment Law over the course of his practice and continues to advocate on behalf of workers in the state of California. His conviction to protect his clients is paramount and hopes that by providing insight at CAAA, others may leave feeling inspired to do the same.

NorGUARD Insurance Company Denies Family Workers’ Compensation Death Benefits

Keith More has been advocating on behalf of his clients for over 30 years. He was recently named 2019 Best Lawyers in America® and selected for the 11th consecutive year to the Super Lawyers list, as well as being recognized by numerous publications & associations. It is no surprise that Mr. More was recently chosen as OCTLA’s Top Gun Trial Lawyer of the Year for Workers’ Compensation. This was Keith’s 4th time receiving the prestigious award. It would be an understatement to say that the entire Bentley & More team is proud of the efforts Keith makes every single day on behalf of our clients. Keith is a true champion and simply won’t back down when it comes to fighting for justice his clients so desperately deserve. Click on the videos below for highlights on the special night and to see Mr. More in action during the Auction portion of the event!

Keith More MC’s the Auction portion of the Top Gun Awards. Through his efforts and the generous donations from Orange County Trial Lawyers, OCTLA reached over $1 Million for local charities.

‘TIS THE SEASON

By Partners Keith More & Jose Gonzalez

The Holiday Season is just about to ramp up this week with post-turkey shopping on Black Friday.  For the brick and mortar shoppers it’s the unofficial start of the Holiday Season, Christmas trees and decorations await along with blowout sale prices on TV sets larger than their budgets would otherwise allow. Analysts say that this holiday shopping season is expected to be as robust as ever with the average person spending $1,047.83, up 4% from last year’s average even though the season was shortened by 6 days due to Thanksgiving being a week later in November.

The real shopping damage will be done on December 2– Cyber Monday.  Hundreds of millions of Americans will at some point turn on their computer screens to take advantage of enormous online sales.  In 2018, the one-day sales topped $7.9 billion.  This year is expected to be even larger with online giant Amazon having a substantial stake.

The Cyber Monday shopping orders will be filled for the next three and a half weeks until Christmas by hundreds of thousands of Amazon workers throughout the country and in Southern California through mammoth fulfillment centers in the Inland Empire located in Moreno Valley, San Bernardino, and Redlands.  The work shift for most of the Amazon workers at the fulfillment centers are going to become 10-hour shifts with many overtime hours.  Workers will be enduring increase repetition in their job duties of handling millions of items ranging from cosmetics to car engine parts.

Amazon sells everything and the workers will deal with the pain of it all.  This work is grueling, repetitive, and wears on the workers’ necks, shoulders, arms, backs and knees.  Every item that Amazon sells is handled by workers from the moment that the bulk items are received from the various vendors in the warehouse and are unboxed, scanned and boxed again for storage to being unboxed, scanned and shipped out to the online shopper in the fulfillment centers.

Bentley & More LLP continues to see an increase in the filing of Amazon work comp claims and has taken on the cyber giant. As the popularity of Cyber Monday increases each year unfortunately,  the price is paid for by the Amazon workers.

Bentley & More will be making its way up to San Francisco next week for the Annual CAOC Annual Convention. We have a great line-up of speakers & moderators covering the following topics:

Greg Bentley – Friday 11/15 from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Panel title: I Never Thought of That! Innovative Ideas for General Damages

Greg’s section: Proving How Pre-Existing Conditions Can Increase Damages

Clare Lucich – Friday, 11/15, from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m.

Moderator – Defense Experts: How to Discredit, Diminish, and Flip

Matt Clark – Friday, from 2:20 to 3:20 p.m.

Moderator – The Appealing Appeal – Protecting Your Record and Presenting Well in the Court of Appeal

Keith More – Saturday, 11/16, 9:00 to 10:15 a.m.

Panel title: Workers Comp 3^rd Party Litigation

Keith’s section: Eliminate or Deflate the Workers’ Compensation Lien

FOR MORE ON THE CONVENTION OR TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE