APD 010335
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 January 5, 2001. The record was closed on January 12, 2001. The hearing officer held that the decedent’s ________ hand injury did not extend to or include reflex […]
APD 000778
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 14, 2000. The hearing officer determined that deceased’s death on ________ (all dates are 1999), was not a result of the __________ compensable neck injury. The […]
APD 000423
This appeal arises pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act of 1989, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). On January 20, 2000, a hearing was held. The hearing officer determined that appellant (carrier) is not entitled to take credit for payments made to respondents (claimants) by (employer), as an advance against […]
APD 990998
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 April 7, 1999. The issues concerned whether death benefits were payable due to the death of the deceased, as a result of his compensable injury of ________. […]
APD 990929
A contested case hearing was held on March 17, 1999, pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). The hearing officer resolved the four disputed issues by concluding that the death of (decedent) on ________, occurred within the course and scope of his employment; that the […]
APD 990956
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 April 5, 1999. The single issue at the CCH was whether the appellant (self-insured), a self-insured municipality, was entitled to suspend death benefits to offset the payment […]
APD 990277
Following a contested case hearing held on December 2, 1998, pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act), the hearing officer, resolved the disputed issues by determining that the appellants/cross-respondents (claimants and/or the decedent’s parents) are not the legal beneficiaries of (decedent) under the 1989 Act […]
APD 990003
This appeal is brought pursuant to the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, TEX. LAB. CODE ANN. § 401.001 et seq. (1989 Act). A contested case hearing was held in (City 1), Texas, on December 1, 1998. The appellant (carrier) and the respondent (claimant/beneficiary) agreed that the issue was A[w]as the death of [decedent] a direct result […]
APD 980226
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 19, 1997 with a hearing officer. He determined that the decedent’s compensable injury of ________, was a producing cause of his depression; that his suicide was related […]
APD 971244
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 5, 1997. With regard to the disputed issue at the CCH, she determined that respondent (claimant) is a legal beneficiary of decedent. The appellant (carrier) appeals, […]