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Tex. Lab. Code § 410.021

PURPOSE

Known as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act

The act spans §§ 401.001 to 419.007 (623 sections).

Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case ESIS, Inc., Servicing Contractor v. Johnson (1995)

Most recently applied in Texas Mutual Insurance Company v. P. Lance Morris (October 2012)

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

How often courts cite this section

199520002010201230
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.

A benefit review conference is a nonadversarial, informal dispute resolution proceeding designed to:

(1) explain, orally and in writing, the rights of the respective parties to a workers' compensation claim and the procedures necessary to protect those rights;

(2) discuss the facts of the claim, review available information in order to evaluate the claim, and delineate the disputed issues; and

(3) mediate and resolve disputed issues by agreement of the parties in accordance with this subtitle and the policies of the division.

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