NWCDN Members regularly post articles and summary judgements in workers’ compensations law in your state.
Select a state from the dropdown menu below to scroll through the state specific archives for updates and opinions on various workers’ compensation laws in your state.
Contact information for NWCDN members is also located on the state specific links in the event you have additional questions or your company is seeking a workers’ compensation lawyer in your state.
Last month we informed you of Commissioner Brannan’s decision to authorize contested case
hearings to be held in the Metro Center Building, a.k.a., “Austin Central.” The expansion of
hearings sites was initiated as a “quick fix” to the surplus of recent work comp claims in the Austin
area and the Division’s inability to set disputes within the statutorily-mandated 60-day deadline for want of docket space. Officially, Austin has just one Hearing Officer, and the field office has only
one hearing room. Originally this temporary solution was to have extended only into September,
but because the high volume of cases has continued without abatement, the project has been
extended through at least December. How much longer this “temporary” remedy remains temporary
is anyone’s guess.