Legal Issues
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Houston Court of Appeals: Claimant Failed to Establish Timely SIBs Applications
The First Court of Appeals has concluded that a SIBs claimant failed...
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Appeals Panel: Evidence that Claimant is Not at MMI Must be Based Upon Only the Compensable Injury
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision of a Hearing Officer who...
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Appeals Panel Requires Expert Evidence for Midline Annular Disc Tear
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision of a Hearing Officer who...
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Appeals Panel Reverses LIBs Denial in Head Injury Case
The Appeals Panel has reversed the decision of a Hearing Officer who...
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State Regulators Call for Increased Funding for WC Fraud Prosecutions
The restructuring of Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s arrangement to support fraud prosecutions...
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Appeals Panel: DWC has no Jurisdiction Over Issue that is Pending on Judicial Review
The Appeals Panel has affirmed the decision of a Hearing Officer who...
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Appeals Panel Recalculates IR Containing a “Mathematical Error”
The Appeals Panel has concluded that it has the authority to make...
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Appeals Panel Rejects Carrier’s Argument Under the 90-day Rule
The Division of Workers’ Compensation has announced a proposed a non-substantive reorganization...
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Appeals Panel Rejects Carrier’s Argument Under the 90-day Rule
The appeals panel has concluded that a carrier failed to meet its...
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El Paso Court Orders Dismissal of Bad Faith Claim
The latest, and perhaps the final bad faith claim involving comp is...
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Appeals Panel Finds Another Bona Fide Offer to be Invalid
For the second time in a two-month period the appeals panel has...
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Appeals Panel Holds that BRC Exchange Proved Delivery by Verifiable Means
The appeals panel has reversed a hearing officer’s determination and rendered a...
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