DWC Rules Proposal Taking Center Stage in Rating Dispute

The Division of Workers' Compensation's rulemaking proposal to prevent hearing officers from considering imperfect impairment ratings has taken a central role in a high-profile impairment rating dispute at the Texas Supreme Court. The state Supreme Court is mulling whether it should grant review to the case of SORM v. Joiner, after the State Office of Risk Management and Elaine Joiner complied with the court's request for additional briefing on the case on July 25. The State Office of Risk Management had initially asked the high court to review the case in May 2012, but the court k...