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Monday, July 14, 2025

LAO: Second Injury Fund 'No Longer Aligned' With Legislative Intent

State: California
Topic: Top
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The nonpartisan fiscal and policy adviser to the California Legislature said the Subsequent Injury Benefit Trust Fund is no longer aligned with the benefit structure

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Monday, July 14, 2025

OSHA Investigation Leads to $262K in Fines for Aerospace Facility After Fire

State: Florida
Topic: SOUTH
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The U.S. Department of Labor cited an Orlando, Florida-based missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn and inhalation hazards after a December fire hospitalized

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Court Orders Recalculation of Sanctions on Employer for Unfair Claims Processing, Bad Faith

State: New Mexico
Topic: WEST
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The New Mexico Court of Appeals upheld a judge’s finding that an employer engaged in unfair claim processing and bad faith, but remanded for the

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Worker Gets 1% PPD Award for Elbow Injury

State: West Virginia
Topic: SOUTH
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West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a 1% permanent partial disability award for a worker’s elbow injury.

Case: Dunlap v. Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Neither Worker Nor Labor Law Defendant Entitled to Summary Judgment

State: New York
Topic: NORTH
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A New York appellate court ruled that a Labor Law defendant should not have been granted summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claims, but the worker

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Monday, July 14, 2025

School District Employee Gets TTD for Summer Period She Didn't Receive Wages

State: Ohio
Topic: NORTH
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The Court of Appeal for the 10th District of Ohio ruled that a school district employee was entitled to temporary total disability benefits for the three-month

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Monday, July 14, 2025

Commission Seeks Bids to Administer Uninsured Employer's Fund

State: Virginia
Topic: SOUTH
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The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission issued a request for proposals for claims administration services for the Uninsured Employer's Fund.

The fund pays work comp benefits

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Monday, July 14, 2025

WCC Updates Release Form

State: South Carolina
Topic: SOUTH
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The South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission updated the form
used by injured workers to waive their right to have their claim files kept private.

Records

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