Legal Issues
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Court Rejects Chiropractor’s Challenge to Adequacy of HCN Notices
The Fifth Court of Appeals has affirmed the decision of a trial...
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OIEC Announces New General Employer and First Responder Notices
The Office of Injured Employee Counsel has updated an existing notice that...
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Court Concludes that Bad Faith Claim Should be Pursued in Arizona rather than Texas
The Fifth Court of Appeals has conditionally granted a writ of mandamus...
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Supreme Court Concludes that Carrier Broadly Waived its Subrogation Interest
The Texas Supreme Court has held that a workers’ compensation carrier that...
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Appeals Panel Finds Employer’s Bona Fide Offer of Employment to be Invalid
The appeals panel has reversed the decision and order of an administrative...
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Study Shows that Repeat Injuries are Very Common in Texas Claims
A new study by the Research and Evaluation Group reveals that employees...
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Five Things You Should Know About Subrogation in Texas Workers’ Compensation Cases
First Money Rule. “The first money paid [to] or recovered by the...
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Appeals Panel Concludes that Employee’s Idiopathic Fall Resulted in a Compensable Injury
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision and order of an administrative...
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Briefing Nearly Completed in Chicas
The Texas Supreme Court should soon decide whether to accept review of...
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AP: Proof by “Verifiable Means” can Include Claimant’s Failure to Claim his Mail
Cases that involve the 90-day rule can be tricky because of the...
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AP Holds that Employee Who Received Assault Leave was Still Disabled
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision of an ALJ that found...
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Court Reverses $17M Judgment Because of OCIP Exclusive Remedy Defense
The First Court of Appeals has reversed the judgment of a trial...
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