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Texas Court Stresses Comp Carrier is Entitled to Full “First Money” in Worker’s Third-Party Tort Settlement

The Workcomp Writer

The appellate court added, however, that the trial court should also have required the carrier to pay its proportionate share of the non-attorney’s fee expenses associated with securing the malpractice settlement. Insurance Co. Background. For example, a letter sent January 22, 2018 indicated that Texas Mutual had paid $318,551.33

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

The Court indicated that because the Board had not cited any legal authority for its conclusion, much less identify a federal statute that exposed the insurance carrier to criminal prosecution, it would vacate the Board’s determination that the reimbursement would violate federal law. It had chosen not to do so.