Just a little over a year ago tragedy struck San Bernardino (SB) County when two radicalized individuals attacked SB County employees during a training/holiday party. 14 people were killed and 22 more were seriously injured that fateful day on December 2, 2015.

Flash forward a year and the public discovered that many of the 22 seriously injured employees are having to fight tooth and nail to get treatment through our state’s horrible Workers’ Compensation program. You can read about their struggles in the coverage provided in the Pasadena Star News and in the Los Angeles Times. Being a person who, while not a victim of such a horrible attack, has been winding my way through the Workers’ Compensation system for my work-related injury felt compelled to respond. You can read my letters to the editors that were published in the PSN San Bernardino terrorist attack survivors and the LTE SB Attack.

San Bernardino County isn’t the only self-insured employer who seems to be abdicating their responsibility to care for their injured worker and help them return to pre-injury condition, as much and as quickly as possible. This employer isn’t the only one; next up I turn the spotlight on Adventist Health and how they provide compassionate and excellent care to their injured workers – NOT!