APD 022686
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on August 21, 2002. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issues by deciding that the employee was not in the course and scope of his employment when involved […]
APD 022484
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on August 29, 2002. The hearing officer determined that the decedent’s death was the result of a compensable injury sustained on _____________; that the decedent was injured in the […]
APD 021831
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on June 17, 2002. With respect to the single issue before him, the hearing officer determined that MP and KP are not proper legal beneficiaries of (decedent) and, thus, […]
APD 021511
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on May 7, 2002. The hearing officer determined that the parents of the decedent, claimant beneficiaries (herein referred to as the claimants), were not dependent parents of the […]
APD 021433
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on April 16, 2002. The hearing officer decided that the respondent (beneficiary 2), is a legal beneficiary of (decedent). Appellant 1 (carrier) appeals, contending that the hearing officer erred […]
APD 021004
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on March 18, 2002, with the record closing on April 5, 2002. The hearing officer determined that GC and PC are the legal beneficiaries of the decedent employee, […]
APD 020317
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on January 9, 2002. The hearing officer determined the appellant (claimant beneficiary) is not a proper legal beneficiary of the workers’ compensation death benefits payable on account of […]
APD 020114
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on December 10, 2001. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issue by deciding that the appellant (claimant) was not a dependent of the deceased on the date of death […]
APD 011739
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing (CCH) was held on June 20, 2001. The hearing officer resolved the disputed issue by determining that the appellants (claimant beneficiaries) are not entitled to death benefits. The claimant beneficiaries appealed, […]
APD 011059
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held on April 4, 2001. With regard to the issues, the hearing officer determined that (the deceased) compensable right knee injury of __________, was not a producing cause of the […]