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Workers’ comp fraud is estimated to be a $30-billion annual problem in the U.S., and California employers have long complained about the high cost of insurance premiums to cover employees from work-related injuries.

“The employers hate the workers’ comp presumptions so much that it makes me feel like it might actually work,” Cortese previously told The Times.

“The employers hate the workers’ comp presumptions so much that it makes me feel like it might actually work,” Cortese said.

An Anaheim couple bought the place in the 1980s for tens of thousands of dollars below the value of “comps.”

Because they aren’t eligible for protections like workers’ comp, he said the company tried to limit its exposure to lawsuits partially driven by what he described as zealous attorneys.