Mid-Century Insurance Co. v. Texas Workers' Compensation Commission

OPINION

BOB PEMBERTON, Justice.

In 2001, appellee, the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission (now the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation) (the Division), 1 amended its administrative rules to require that lifetime income benefits under workers’ compensation (LIBs) be paid retroactively from the original date of disability. See 26 Tex. Reg. 10933 (2001) (codified at 28 Tex. Admin. Code § 131.1(b) (2001)). Contending that the amended rule made it liable for LIBs months or even years before some injured employees become eligible to receive the benefits, appellant…