Wichita Falls Seeks New TPA After Dispute Over Police Officer's Benefits

Two weeks after the Texas attorney general determined that a city contract with a workers' compensation claims administrator had to be made public, the city has decided to find a new administrator firm. But a Wichita Falls official said the decision to drop Edwards Risk Management and seek new bids had nothing to do with a much-publicized dispute over benefits that were denied an injured police officer. “I guess the timing of that could seem coincidental, but it’s not related to that specific incident,” the city's human resources director, Christi Klyn, said, accord...