Legal Issues
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Ringler Touts its Top 10 Verdicts of 2020
Better late than never. Ringler Associates, a national settlement planning company, has...
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DWC Adopts New PLN-15 Form; Updates Other Forms
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has formally adopted a new plain language...
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DWC Reports it is Making Progress in Updating Forms and Notices
In May 2021, the Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that it intended...
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Appeals Panel Reverses ALJ Who Refused to Apply Intoxication Presumption
The appeals panel has reversed the decision and order of an administrative...
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DWC Finally Lifts SIBs, DDR and RME Restrictions Imposed during Pandemic
More than fifteen months after restricting carriers from fully adjusting Texas claims,...
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Department of Insurance Amends Rating Plan Manual and Statistical Plan
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance has adopted amendments to the National Council...
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DWC Extends COVID-19 Data Call Through End of 2021
The Division of Workers’ Compensation announced this week it will extend the...
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Investigation Primer: Questioning the Evasive Witness
Taking an effective witness statement is an acquired skill. But there is...
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DWC Proposes Short-Fuse Rulemaking to Implement COVID-19 Presumption
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has created a new template and a...
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Division Resolves Multiple Employment Question
The appeals panel has affirmed, without separate decision, an ALJ’s favorable ruling...
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Governor Abbott Signs COVID Presumption Bill
Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 22 (Springer, R–Muenster) June 14, 2021....
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Appeals Panel Concludes Priority Mail Can Verify Delivery
The appeals panel has confirmed USPS priority mail as a valid method...
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