Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation v. Jackson

OPINION

RICK STRANGE, Justice.

This is a workers’ compensation case. Michael E. Jackson filed suit to appeal the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Appeals Panel’s 1 decision that he was not entitled to lifetime income benefits (LIBs). The TWCC filed a petition in intervention to support the panel’s decision, and the case was set for trial. During a hearing on the parties’ motions in limine, the trial court ruled that Jackson could file a trial amendment and could introduce medical evidence on his disability as of the date of the trial. In response, the TWCC asserted a plea to the…