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Workers’ Compensation Insurance Company Attempts To Defraud The Court

WFAA TV in Dallas reports that a Texas District Court judge has ruled that the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurance carrier committed fraud against an injured worker. It is interesting to note that this insurance company has lobbied extensively before the Texas Legislature for immunity from bad faith claims arising from the wrongful denial of  benefits to injured workers. I guess now we know why this issue has been so important to them. Here are excerpts from the story:

Texas Mutual Insurance Company has already been accused of callously denying claims against injured workers, but allegations of falsifying records could be a first.

Questions about Texas Mutual’s business practices were first raised in a News 8 Investigation four years ago.

Injured workers complained that the insurance carrier was randomly denying their claims and robbing them of much needed medicine and benefits.

District Judge Martin Hoffman issued a ruling declaring “Texas Mutual Insurance Company committed fraud on this court” by “falsifying a critical medical record.”

The record was a doctor’s report in which someone added letters that tend to support the insurance company’s position in the case.

“This fraudulent conduct was committed knowingly by agents and representatives of Texas Mutual Insurance Company,” Judge Hoffman said.

The judge ordered Texas Mutual to pay $30,000 and publish the court’s ruling on their home page on the Internet.

State Workers Compensation officials said they are already reviewing the facts of the case. Texas Mutual officials have yet to respond.

Bob Kraft

I am a Dallas, Texas lawyer who has had the privilege of helping thousands of clients since 1971 in the areas of Personal Injury law and Social Security Disability.

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The title of this blog reflects my attitude toward those government agencies and insurance companies that routinely mistreat injured or disabled people. As a Dallas, Texas lawyer, I've spent more than 45 years trying to help those poor folk, and I have been frustrated daily by the actions of the people on the other side of their claims. (Sorry if I offended you...)

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