Houston Employer Fined $250K for Workers Comp Scheme Which Spanned Years

by Abbott & Associates | Jan 26, 2019 | Texas Workers' Comp News

Alpha Mars, a Houston manufacturer was busted for defrauding the state of Texas in a wide workers’ compensation fraud scheme that resulted in a $250,000 fine to Texas Mutual Insurance Company, a state-owned workers’ comp insurance company. The Texas...

Workers Beware – Employers Are Allowed to Require Very, Very Dangerous Work

by Abbott & Associates | Dec 9, 2018 | Texas Workers Comp Verdicts, Texas Workers' Comp News

An Angry Superintendent, a Lost Leg, and an Utter Disregard for Safety Tyler Lee was a superintendent for a major construction company, observing one of his crews trying to lift an auger that had been deeply placed into the earth but wouldn’t budge. Chris...

Oh Deer – White Tailed Buck Trashes Dallas Area Insurance Office

by Abbott & Associates | Nov 28, 2018 | Texas Workers' Comp News

Footage was recently obtained by Abbott & Associates showing a male white tail deer doing its best to destroy an insurance office in Frisco, Texas. The invasion took place this past summer, but footage was only released earlier this month. What are the...

Houston Comp Lawyer Wins Against Lying Employer

by Abbott & Associates | Nov 18, 2018 | Texas Workers Comp Verdicts, Texas Workers' Comp News

Workers’ compensation attorney Joseph Bedoy secured a complete victory for his client at trial, after the employer did everything possible to prevent the injured worker from obtaining income benefits and medical care for a serious eye injury suffered in the course and...

Medical Marijuana May Cost You Your Job

by Abbott & Associates | Mar 30, 2018 | Texas Workers' Comp News

Brandon Coats worked for Dish Network at a customer service representative.  Chronically ill and bound to a wheelchair, he suffers from incurable quadriplegia, a painful and debilitating condition whose symptoms often include prolonged, painful muscle spasms. Mr....