TEXAS COURT SAYS EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY OFFSET NOT APPLICABLE TO PRE-TRIAL SETTLEMENTS IN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION THIRD-PARTY LAWSUITS Old Republic Ins. Co. v. Morris, 2024 WL 4350334 (Tex. App. 2024)
During most of the 20th Century, Texas boasted a workers’ compensation subrogation scheme which was in the top five most favorable for carriers. That all began to change when the state began a series of legislative changes and issued a…