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Tex. Lab. Code § 406.001

DEFINITION

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401–419 (623 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case IBP, Inc. v. Klumpe (2001)

Most recently applied in Bliss v. NRG INDUSTRIES (May 2005)

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff

How often courts cite this section

19962000200510
citing decisions per year

Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

In this subchapter, "employer" means a person who employs one or more employees.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.