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About this episode

On August 25, 2010 3 injured workers from Toyota of Poway went to the San Diego District Attorney's office to file charges of workers comp criminal fraud by the dealership owners Vincent Castro, Troy Duhon and manager Rick Gallagherand and the insurance carrier CorVel. Five workers have been sickened by the mold but the owners have denied workers comp claims forcing the workers to apply for California State Disability. Tim Hack, the Toyota Poway sales manager was also coerced by the owner to file for family medical leave under Federal Law although this would have been illegal since he was sickened due to workplace incidents. He refused to file and violate the law and was fired by Toyota Poway. This documentary also shows the efforts of the dealership to get $3 million from the City of Poway Redevelopment Agency to build a new building. In order to shut the workers up, one of the owners Vincent Castro filed a restraining order against Tim Hack for threatening him and ordered that he not speak at any more public meeting. Also filing a criminal complaint at the San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis was Sharon Kramer who has been fighting ACOEM which represents company doctors who say that workers do not get sick from mold. She filed charges that Bruce Kalman has been strategically litigating to limit liability for companies and the insurance industry from workers injuries. For more information go to www.workersmemorialday.org http://moldtruth.wordpress.com/ www.drthrasher.org A production of Labor Video Project laborvideo.blip.tv www.laborvideo.org

• Release Date

  Aug 30, 2010

• Runtime

  25:55