APD 251337
The Appeals Panel reversed the ALJ’s decision and held that the claimant was on a special mission when injured in a motor vehicle accident traveling to a mandatory orientation in a different city, making the injury compensable. The Panel struck findings that exceeded the scope of the issues but determined that the claimant did have disability from the date of injury through May 26, 2025.
APD 231224
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision regarding timely filing of a claim with DWC because the ALJ failed to take official notice of whether the claimant filed a claim for compensation with DWC, and if so, the date the claimant filed the claim.
APD 230665
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision that the claimant’s injury did not arise out of voluntary participation. The Appeals Panel noted that the claimant’s participation in an agility test, the injury event, was not mandatory but for consideration for transfer or promotion to another position.
APD 230673
The Appeals Panel reversed the decision because the administrative law judge failed to make findings of fact on two issues.
APD 230723
The Appeals Panel struck a portion of the decision because the administrative law judge exceeded the scope of the disability issue.
APD 230503
The Appeals Panel reversed the administrative law judge’s decision that the insurance carrier waived its right to contest compensability. The Appeals Panel noted that, although the claimant filed two different dates for the same injury, the carrier’s PLN-1 for the second date of injury contained sufficient claim-specific information to inform the claimant of the carrier’s denial of the first date of injury.
APD 230230
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision regarding timely reporting. The Appeals Panel noted that where the 30th day after the date of injury was a Sunday, notice of injury was timely when given on the next working day, a Monday.
APD 220880
he Appeals Panel reversed and rendered the ALJ’s decision, holding that although the claimant sustained an injury in the course and scope of employment, she did not sustain a compensable injury because compensation was not payable. The Panel concluded that the claimant failed, without good cause, to timely notify her employer of the injury, relieving the self-insured of liability under Sections 409.001 and 409.002.
APD 211352
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision to correct the disability period.
APD 211064
The Appeals Panel reversed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision regarding the issue of Timely Filing of a Claim. The Appeals Panel noted that, although the Administrative Law Judge made a conclusion of law, decision, and discussed the timely filing of a claim in the discussion of the evidence, the Administrative Law Judge failed to make a finding of fact whether the claimant timely filed a claim for compensation with the Division.