When Kathie Shuler heard from a local chiropractor who offered to treat her injuries, warning bells went off. How did Wood Chiropractic & Rehabilitation know who she was and, odder yet, that she'd recently been hurt at work? Shuler, a 50-year-old Bakersfield resident, didn't know that by appealing her workers' comp case on Aug. 6 that what she thought was her personal information officially became public -- a record made available for a small fee to anyone who asks. The same thing happened to 218,000 Californians last year, according to figures from the California Commission on Health and Safety and...
