Legal Issues
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AP Rules that Aggravation of Degenerative Disc Requires Expert Testimony
The appeals panel has issued a decision reversing a hearing officer’s determination...
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AP: Claimant Failed to Qualify for SIBs During Winter School Break
The appeals panel has issued a decision reversing a hearing officer’s determination...
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Are You Investigating and Asserting the Intoxication Defense?
How aggressively do you investigate and apply the intoxication defense? Do you...
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AP Rules that Cause of Meniscal Tear Requires Expert Testimony
The appeals panel has issued a decision reversing a hearing officer’s determination...
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Outside the Box Thinking in a Shared Economy
New technologies usually run ahead of the legal curve. Especially in workers’...
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Amarillo Court of Appeals: Claimant failed to Rebut DWC Finding of Intoxication
The Amarillo court of Appeals has concluded that an employee’s beneficiaries failed...
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AP Concludes that Coverage Defense Cannot be Waived
The appeals panel has issued a decision reiterating past holdings that workers’...
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AP Reverses HO’s Determination under the 90-day Rule
The appeals panel has reversed a hearing officer’s determination that the first...
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AP Reverses HO’s Determination that Claimant Reached MMI
The appeals panel has concluded that a hearing officer applied an incorrect...
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AP Requires Evidence from Expert for Labral Tear of Shoulder
The appeals panel has concluded that an expert medical opinion is required...
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AP Writes: Causation may be Established by Physical Therapist
The appeals panel for the Division of Workers’ Compensation published an opinion...
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AP Concludes Claimant’s SIBs Efforts were Insufficient
The appeals panel for the Division of Workers’ Compensation published an opinion...
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