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1/8/2009
LOS ANGELES ? Adult entertainment talent agents who are insured by State Compensation Insurance Fund and send performers to production sets of uninsured studios might be in for a shock if the porn star gets injured ? they could be on the hook for a workers compensation claim.
State Fund, which manages the bulk of employers? workers comp insurance in California, has changed its policy over workplace responsibility when adult entertainment agents book talent with uninsured production companies, according to adult industry attorney Michael Fattorosi,
www.adultbizlaw.com [pictured].
Fattorosi told XBIZ that he had a half-hour long conversation with a State Fund underwriter Tuesday that revealed a bombshell over liability when he asked a question involving a new Porn Valley talent agent Fattorosi represents.
?State Fund told me that they feel there is a problem in the adult entertainment industry over injuries suffered on the set, and that someone has got to cover the performers,? Fattorosi said. ?They are basically saying that the adult industry needs to police itself in regards to workers compensation insurance.
?It appears that they are taking the position that if an agent does not check whether a production company is insured, that agent can ultimately be responsible for benefits if that performer suffers an injury on set. This is a radical departure since it has been commonly believed that performers were not employees of the talent agencies."
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