Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Bonnie Jones and American Home Assurance Company

The Court holds that the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act prohibits trial courts from approving settlements that award supplemental income benefits unless the settlement complies with all of the Act’s provisions governing an award of such benefits. Because I would hold that the Act prohibits courts from approving *618settlements unless they comply with the provisions governing settlements that award such benefits, I respectfully dissent.

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To be entitled to supplemental income benefits (SIBs) under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, an employee must meet several statutory requirements. Tex. Lab.…