Severiano Deleon v. Royal Indemnity Company

In this case, the trial court determined that an injured worker had been assigned no valid impairment rating upon which to base impairment income benefits under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, Tex. Lab.Code §§ 401.001-506.002. The court of appeals affirmed. 396 S.W.3d 597. In doing so, the court noted that “no mechanism exists in the [Workers’ Compensation] Act to remand matters back to [the Department of Insurance’s Workers’ Compensation Division].” 396 S.W.3d at 603. We reverse and remand to the trial court with instructions to remand to the Division.

Severiano DeLeon suffered a back…