Work Comp Issues in Texas

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The following article is by Laura Grabouski. This is an important case.


Texas Court Reverses Bad Faith Verdict Based on Employment Agreement
Contributor: Laura Grabouski Van Osselaer Buchanan LLP


SUMMARY: The Eighth Court of Appeals for Texas reversed and rendered judgment in favor of a self-insured employer in a suit by a former employee for fraud, bad faith, and wrongful termination stemming from an allegedly wrongful termination of workers' compensation benefits. The court found a lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Indiana law, to which the parties had agreed, vested exclusive jurisdiction over the claims to that state's Workers' Compensation Board.
http://www.jdsupra.com/post/documentViewer.aspx?fid=f378500a-5673-4e3c-98f2-49138e040914

The following article in the April 3, 2010 issue of The Southeast Texas record.
The Ninth Court of Appeals of Texas has affirmed a lower court ruling that a workers' compensation claim bars a person from filing a civil claim.
They affirmed the matter of law that the exclusive remedy provisions of the Texas Workers Compensation Act bars further civil claims..

Read the entire article here..


http://www.setexasrecord.com/news/225672-workers-comp-claim-bars-civil-suit-justices-affirm

Texas Mutual is tough on fraud. This time they got a claimant. It is a little known fact that Texas Mutual pays for two assistant district attorneys in Travis County to help them file against fraud cases..

Claimant Fined, Ordered To Pay Restitution To Texas Mutual.

Check it out..