Legal Issues
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California Uber Case: Employee or Independent Contractor?
On June 17, 2015, a California Labor Commissioner found that an Uber...
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IR Certification Became Final Despite Absence of Extent of Injury Dispute
On June 9, 2015 the Division of Workers’ Compensation appeals panel issued...
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Carrier Correctly Disputed Division’s Denial of its SIBs BRC Request
On June 9, 2015 the Division of Workers’ Compensation appeals panel issued...
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Texas Supreme Court Finds “Coming & Going” Case Compensable
The Texas Supreme Court released an opinion June 12, 2015 in SeaBright...
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Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Nonsubscriber Liability
The Texas Supreme Court released an opinion June 12, 2015 in a...
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Corpus Christi Court Denies Rehearing in Declaratory Judgment Case
The Thirteenth Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, denied the claimant’s motion...
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DWC’s Online Causation Letter Training
An injured worker has the burden to prove that a compensable injury...
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Supreme Court Rejects Claimant’s IR Appeal
The Texas Supreme Court denied a petition for review on May 29,...
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Court has no Jurisdiction over DWC in Declaratory Judgment Case
The Thirteenth Court of Appeals has agreed with the dismissal of a...
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Claimant’s Failure to Exhaust is Fatal to Suit Against Carrier
The San Antonio Court of Appeals has vacated a trial court’s order...
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Supreme Court Find No General Contractor Liability for Mesothelioma
On May 8, 2015 the Texas Supreme Court decided an important case...
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New LIBs Rule and PLN-04 Form Poised to Take Effect
The Division has posted a memo reminding carriers that on June 1,...
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