Texas Work Comp News

The latest news about workers compensation in Texas.
- By Steve Nichols, Contributor A Texas legislator has filed a bill in the state House of Representatives that would restore bad faith to the Texas workers’ compensation claim. Rep. Nichole Collier House Bill…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the interest rate used to calculate the present-day value of lump-sum settlements will drop to 7.99% on April 1 from the 8.11%…
- A Texas appellate court revived an injured worker’s tort claims against a property owner, finding the owner was not entitled to summary judgment based on an exclusive remedy defense. Case: Olivares…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation said the reporting period is open for employers that opted out of providing coverage or have recently ended coverage. Employers that don’t provide workers’ compensation…
- The Texas Department of Insurance adopted NCCI Item B-1446-“Revisions to NCCI's Basic Manual, Residual Market Manual, and Forms Manual.” The amendments in Item B-1446 replace the countrywide table of classifications by…
- Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund. Identical companion measures HB 4859 and SB 2269 would prohibit…
- A Texas appellate court ruled that a trial judge should have granted an employer’s motion for summary judgment dismissing an injured worker’s retaliatory termination claim. Case: Texas Health and Human Services…
- The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is seeking public comments on proposed changes to forms relating to medical examinations, annuities, lump-sum payments and maximum medical improvement following spinal surgery. The DWC…
- A Texas appellate court upheld a determination that an agency rule regarding eligibility for workers' compensation supplemental income benefits was invalid, but reinstated a second rule. The Accident Fund Insurance Co.
- A Texas appellate court upheld an award of $19,789.01 for a worker in a premises liability suit against her employer for her fall in the parking lot of her workplace. Case:…
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