For almost five decades Texas has had a single statute of repose which imposed a ten (10) year period for claims against architects, engineers, interior designers, landscape architects, builders, and construction contractors.[1] Texas has imposed a ten-year statute of repose on suits against builders or contractors who construct or repair improvements to real property. It…
Workers’ Compensation Subrogation and Employee Leasing Companies At its core, workers’ compensation subrogation is quite simple. Employee injured while at work receives workers compensation benefits. Carrier paying benefits recovers those benefits from anyone responsible for causing the injury other than the employer. As the saying goes, however, “Progress is man’s ability to complicate the simple.”…
Claims Journal recently reported on a new Ohio State University study which examines who is at fault when cars hit pedestrians shows that vehicle/pedestrian accidents occur much more frequently in certain environments than in others. The study showed that pedestrians were much more likely to be at fault when there was a high volume of…
The wildfires in the Texas Panhandle are already the largest fire in state history, resulting in two deceased, burning more than 1,059,570 acres, countless livestock loss, and over 500 structures damaged. The fire has still not been completely contained at the time of writing this article – and the damages are expected to increase. This…