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Tex. Lab. Code § 401.001

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Sec. 401.001. SHORT TITLE. This subtitle may be cited as the Texas Workers' Compensation Act.

Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

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Cited in 78 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1994–2025 · leading case: Wingfoot Enterprises v. Alvarado
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Wingfoot Enterprises v. Alvarado (2003) tex · cites it 4× “[11] Tex. Lab.Code §§ 401.001 et seq. [12] Id.”
Texas Workers' Compensation Commission v. Garcia (1995) tex · cites it 2× “See Tex.Lab.Code § 401.001, et seq. For convenience, we refer to the Labor Code sections.”
Weiner v. Wasson (1995) tex · cites it 2× “(We recently held the 1989 Workers' Compensation Act (codified in 1993) constitutional in the face of an open courts challenge, finding that the benefits available under the Act adequately replaced a common-law negligence cause of action.”
VASQUEZ v. DILLARD'S, INC. (2016) okla “4 See Tex. Lab. Code § 401.001 et seq . 5 See Lawrence , 44 S.”
Storage & Processors, Inc. v. Reyes (2004) tex “Tex. Lab.Code § 401.001. On October 22, 1993, Ramon Reyes signed up for a benefits program (“the plan”) offered by S & P to provide him with medical care and wage continuation benefits if he were injured on the job.”
Juhl v. Airington (1997) tex “Tex.Lab.Code §§ 401.001^418.002 (Supp. 1996).”
Bradley v. Phillips Chemical Co. (2007) txsd · cites it 2× “Many, but not all, of the Plaintiffs sought and were paid some workers’ compensation under the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (“TWCA”), Tex. Lab.Code § 401.001 et seq. Plaintiffs claim fundamentally that Defendants defrauded them and other injured employees and violated state…”
ESIS, Inc., Servicing Contractor v. Johnson (1995) texapp “This is a workers’ compensation case tried under the new Texas Workers’ Compensation Act, Tex.Lab.Code AnN. §§ 401.001 et seq. (Vernon Pamph.”
Jones v. Illinois Employers Insurance of Wausau (2004) texapp “1, 1991) (current version at Tex. Lab.Code Ann. § 401.001, et seq. (Vernon 1996 & Supp.”
Alice Leasing Corp. v. Castillo (2001) texapp “"Course and scope of employment” is defined as "an activity of any kind or character that has to do with and originates in the work, business, trade, or profession of the employer and that is performed by an employee while engaged in or about the furtherance of the affairs or…”
PHI Air Med., LLC v. Tex. Mut. Ins. Co. (2018) texapp “At the state level, under the Texas Workers' Compensation Act ("the Act"), see Tex. Lab. Code §§ 401.001 - 419.007, employers may elect to self-insure or to obtain private insurance coverage to cover on-the-job injuries to their employees, id.”
Air Evac EMS, Inc. v. Sullivan (2018) txwd “When Air Evac transports a patient who was injured at work and whose medical expenses are covered by a workers' compensation policy, the Texas Workers' Compensation Act (TWCA), Texas Labor Code §§ 401.001 - 401.026, governs payment for Air Evac's services.”
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— Tex. Lab. Code § 401.001(12)(B)(i) — 1 case
Arnold Peña, Guardian of Juan Carlos Peña v. State Office of Risk Management (2014) texapp
— Tex. Lab. Code § 401.001(18) — 1 case
Wingfoot Enterprises v. Alvarado (2003) tex “[11] Tex. Lab.Code §§ 401.001 et seq. [12] Id.”
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