Report Cites Activities for Injured Workers

The Office of Injured Employee Counsel reported assisting 6,343 injured workers in benefit review conference and 1,993 injured workers in contested case hearings from March through December of last year. The office issued a report on its accomplishments in 2006, including filing of its first amicus curiae brief Sept. 5 with the Texas Supreme Court in a lawsuit (Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Eunice Alexander) regarding interpretation of Labor Code provisions which establish that an insurance carrier waives its right to contest compensability if it fails to do so within 60 days of the date it recei...