Legal Issues
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Claimant’s Appeal Dismissed for Lack of a Final Judgment
A Texas Court of Appeals has dismissed the appeal of an injured...
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Appeals Panel Holds that Weekend/Holiday Counting Rule Applies to 30-Day Notice
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision and order of a benefit...
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Appeals Panel Finds IR Certification Did Not Become Final
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision and order of a benefit...
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Hearing Officer Failed to Maintain Impartiality; Case Reversed and Rendered
The Appeals Panel has concluded that a Division Hearing Officer lost his...
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Snakebite Claim Illustrates Compensability Questions
The denial of a workers’ compensation claim by a Virginia woman, who...
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Court of Appeals: Carrier Did Not Waive its Right to Subrogation
A Texas Court of Appeals has reversed a summary judgment for a...
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SIBs Case Reversed: Claimant Failed to Prove a Total Inability to Work
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision and order of a benefit...
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Hearing Officer Must Find the Date of First Notice when Deciding Case Involving Carrier Waiver
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision and order of a benefit...
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Claimant’s Request for Review Held Insufficiently Specific to Invoke Appeals Panel’s Jurisdiction
The Appeals Panel has dismissed the purported appeal of a claimant on...
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Appeals Panel Finds Carrier Waived its Right to Contest Compensability in Subsequent PLN Filing
The Appeals Panel has affirmed the decision of a Hearing Officer who...
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Employer Failed to Prove Plaintiff was a Co-Employee of New PEO
A Texas Court of Appeals has reversed a summary judgment for an...
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Prosecutors Say Dallas Attorney “Planted” Niece to Further Family’s Health Care Fraud
The case of a Dallas-area attorney who, together with several of his...
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